Absolvitors. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: The judgement pronounced when a Court assoilzies [meaning to absolve or decide finally in favour of a defender]. Source: Dewar, A. 'Students' Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms' (Edinburgh, 1946).
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
3rd Lord Hay`s absolvitur from a charge of being art and part in a slaughter., 1537.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10718
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1537.
Decreet, by Lords of Privy Council, of absolvitur, in favour of Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret Danielstouns, from complaint and petition of David Halkheid, son and heir of Henry Halkheid, who was son and heir of David [rectius Adam] Halkheid, who was killed at Flowdoun, and petition of Patrick Halkheid of Pitfirrane in name of George, his son, respecting lands of Petlever and Braidley., 9 February 1565/1566.
Item
Identifier: Ch.6153
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Dates:
9 February 1565/1566.
'Decreet of absolvitor, Mr. John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, against Kenneth Mackenzies of Seafort Esqr.', 1760.
Item
Identifier: MS.1199
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1760.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
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Account books of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet.
Legal papers of the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates against T G Repp, a library assistant who brought an action against the Faculty of Advocates in 1834.
File
Identifier: F.R.342
Dates:
1819-1838.
Microfilm of two letter books, 1767-1774, of the agents in Jamaica and Virginia of William Cunningham and Company, merchants in Glasgow, and of a decreet absolvitor, 1778, for the daughters of Alexander Cunningham against William Macredie of Perceton.
Item
Identifier: MS.15524 [Mf.MSS.34]
Dates:
1767-1778.