Abbreviates of adjudication. Legal instruments.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Abbreviate adjudication of the estate of George Ramsay to John Hamilton., 28 December 1850.
Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.
Abbreviate of decreet of adjudication in the case of Dougall Lamont against Patrick Stewart, concerning the lands and barony of Inneryne., 26 December 1695.
Abbreviate relating to James Hays Cumming and Alexander Mackintosh of Termit of the half lands of Altirlies., 2 August 1718.
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Admirall decisions.
The manuscript comprises:
(i) `Decisions of the Lords of Session in Maritime cases ordine Alphabetico. [1662-1684].` (folios 4-19);
(ii) `Ane abbreviat of the Registers of the High Court of Admirality [of Scotland], 1613[-1673].` (folios 20-104)
Letters to Sir James Stansfield, with a few draft replies, 1666-1687, and Stansfield family papers, 1678-1688., 1666-1688, undated.
Of the letters to Sir James Stansfield, 1666-1687, the early letters relate to his mercantile activities. The others are concerned with the repayment of debt (folio 1).
The Stansfield family papers, 1678-1688, include lawyers accounts, an abbreviate of Sir James Stansfield's affairs, and accounts for expenses in the trial of Philip Stansfield, the last trial by touch in Scotland.