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Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".

Found in 2019 Collections and/or Records:

Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1679.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.4.4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Adv.MS.27.2.1-27.2.5 appear to have been arranged and bound in their present order in 1680.

Both the series Adv.MS.273.1-27.3.4 and Adv.MS.27.4.1-27.4.4 were collected in 1680.

Dates: 1679.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall.

Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1680.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.5.1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Adv.MS.27.2.1-27.2.5 appear to have been arranged and bound in their present order in 1680.

Both the series Adv.MS.273.1-27.3.4 and Adv.MS.27.4.1-27.4.4 were collected in 1680.

Dates: 1680.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall.

Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1680-1681.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.5.2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Adv.MS.27.2.1-27.2.5 appear to have been arranged and bound in their present order in 1680.

Both the series Adv.MS.273.1-27.3.4 and Adv.MS.27.4.1-27.4.4 were collected in 1680.

Dates: 1680-1681.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall.

Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1685-1692.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.5.3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Adv.MS.27.2.1-27.2.5 appear to have been arranged and bound in their present order in 1680.

Both the series Adv.MS.273.1-27.3.4 and Adv.MS.27.4.1-27.4.4 were collected in 1680.

Dates: 1685-1692.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall.

Session papers of the Faculty of Advocates.

 File
Identifier: F.R.339r/18
Dates: 1873-1877 undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

'Severall pratickes collected be Tho. Earle of Hadingtoune' (i.e. Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington) for the year 1592., 1592.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5433
Scope and Contents

The 'pratickes' begin on folio 14. Some decisions of 1590-1591 and 1627-1630 are noted on folios 1-13.

Dates: 1592.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers from Nisbet House, Berwickshire. / Papers of the Ker family. / Legal books of the Ker family, many of which belonged to Robert Ker, 4th Lord Jedburgh, and later to George Carre, Lord Nisbet.

Sir Thomas Nicolson’s abridgement of Sir Peter Wedderburn's 'Practiques', with a copy of Sir Thomas Wallace, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’., 2nd half of 17th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.3(b)
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) ‘Ane abridgement of those practiques collected by that famous juris-consult S[r]. P[eter?] W[edderburn?] epitomized by that learned lawier S[r]. Thomas Nicolsone of Carnock 1669’ (115 pages);

(ii) Copy of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’ and observations arranged under titles in alphabetical order (322 pages).

Dates: 2nd half of 17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Copy of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, 'Major Practicks', Sir Thomas Nicolson’s abridgement of Sir Peter Wedderburn's 'Practiques', and a copy of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’.

Sir William Rose, Clerk of the Parliaments., 1836, 1867-1868.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.2617-2619
Dates: 1836, 1867-1868.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Commissions, warrants, and certificates in favour of members of the Rose family.

Six unrelated Scottish historical documents.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11955
Scope and Contents Contents:1 Copy of document setting up the Christian League, 1585 (with 19th century transcript)2 Losses of Aberdeen in the Civil War period, presented at the Convention of Royal Burghs, 16953 Reply to the Western Remonstrance, 1650, Perth4 Protest of the Supplicants against the Privy Council, 16375 Account of the Scots Corporation, ca.16956 Account of celebrations in Edinburgh on the anniversaries of the King`s birthday...
Dates: circa 1585-1695.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Small collection (probably incomplete) of formal papers, 1606, 1612-1613, 1643, chiefly relating to the dispute between William, son of the 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, and William Crichton of Ryhill (who succeeded as 9th Lord), and to other members of the family (folios 1-9), and two unrelated lists of books, undated (folios 10-12)., 1606, 1612-1613, 1643, and undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.

Dates: 1606, 1612-1613, 1643, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer. / Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection. / Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection.

Small miscellany of legal papers, arranged as far as possible in a single chronological sequence., 16th century-17th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.7(i), folios i, 1-19, 30-58
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A contents list has been placed at the beginning of Adv.MS.25.9.7(i) (folio i).

Dates: 16th century-17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer. / Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection. / Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection. / Small miscellany of legal papers, arranged as far as possible in a single chronological sequence.

Small miscellany of legal papers, arranged as far as possible in a single chronological sequence., 16th century-17th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.7(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents

A contents list has been placed at the beginning of Adv.MS.25.9.7(i) (folio i).

Dates: 16th century-17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer. / Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection. / Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection.

Special retour of George Miller of Gourlaybank, an heir to George Sandilands, portioner of West Barns.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11354
Dates: 1699.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Special subjects., 1543-1729.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.11032-11497
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

Dates: 1543-1729.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers.

Specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland, from the first parliament of James I to the accession of James VI, by David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

 File
Identifier: MS.990
Scope and Contents

Contains three of the printed, interleaved copies which Lord Hailes issued privately and sent to legal authorities for their remarks, with autograph notes by Lord Auchinleck, James Gordon, Advocate, and Hailes himself.

Dates: [?1768.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

State of the process of damages at the instance of John Cadell of Cockenzie against John Morthland and John Johnstone., 17 January 1800.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14781
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 17 January 1800.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester. / Printed legal papers of the Hays of Yester.

Strowan estate papers., 1786-1883, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.10913-10917
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates: 1786-1883, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers, chiefly eighteenth to nineteenth century, of the Grahams of Airth.

Style book of Alexander Duncan.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.4
Scope and Contents

A collection of styles apparently written by Alexander Duncan, whose name is on the first page.

Dates: 17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Teinds and feus of Tweedsmuir: judicial papers of a lawsuit between the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and Sir William Murray of Stanhope., 1677-1679.

 File
Identifier: Ch.12354-12356
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

Dates: 1677-1679.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Estates and local affairs. / Peebleshire and Selkirkshire. / Parishes of Stobo, Glenholm, Drumelzier and Tweedsmuir.

Ten legal documents, some relating to lands in Angus.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.5770-5779
Dates: 1510-1702.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

The Honourable George Henry Douglas, Admiral, nephew of Lord Strathnairn., 1841-1874.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.2620-2626
Dates: 1841-1874.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Commissions, warrants, and certificates in favour of members of the Rose family.

Thomas Mackay Cooper's Opinions as Counsel., 1933-1934

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6188/1-2
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The surviving personal and legal papers of Thomas Mackay Cooper, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge and historian (1892-1955). Lord Cooper passed Advocate in 1915 and was created a K.C. in 1927. He was Conservative M.P. for West Edinburgh, 1935-41, Solicitor-General for Scotland, 1935, and Lord Advocate, 1935-41. In 1941 he succeeded as Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper, and became Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from January 1947 to...
Dates: 1933-1934
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Thomas Mackay Cooper.

Three documents of the Cockburn family.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.2045-2047
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions and translations will be found in MS.2996(ff.14-37).

Dates: 1672-1700.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Three formal documents in favour of David Scott.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6312
Dates: 1827.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Three formal documents relating to George Smith and the firm of Smith, Elder and Company.

 File
Identifier: Ch.17351-17353
Scope and Contents

The documents relate to copyrights. A detailed list is available.

Dates: 1858-1865.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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