Legal documents.
Subject
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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:
Parishes of West Linton, Newlands and Eddleston., 1580-1687.
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Identifier: Ch.11859-12047
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From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1580-1687.
Peebleshire and Selkirkshire., 1426-1687.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11859-12356
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From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1426-1687.
Personal and legal papers of and concerning the Lairds of Inchbraikie, chiefly adjudications and decreets, 1675-1718, concerning the wadset of the lands of Beldhill., 1555-1796.
File
Identifier: MS.19592
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The papers also consist of instructions of Perthshire Committee of War, 1639, (folio 8), and commission to Patrick, younger of Inchbraikie, to act as Colonel for the shire of Perth, 1651 (folio 10).
Dates:
1555-1796.
Personal and legal papers of the military family of Graeme of Inchbraikie and Aberuthven., 1555-1906.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19592-19594
Personal and public affairs., 1460-1959.
Series
Identifier: Ch.10685-11031
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From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1460-1959.
Personal papers of James Leslie Mitchell., 1901-1935, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10966/1-2
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From the Record Group:
Includes personal documents, publishing agreements, royalty statements and related correspondence. These papers are mostly concerned with the administration of James Leslie Mitchell's (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) literary estate following his death in 1935, firstly by his wife, Ray Mitchell, and subsequently by his daughter, Rhea Martin.
Dates:
1901-1935, undated.
Petition, resolution and other papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.345/18
Dates:
1827-1829.
Petitions and Answers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the admission of Robert Forsyth, teacher of civil law in Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/16
Dates:
1790-1791
Photocopies of documents concerning the trial of six bakers of the Canongate for supplying bread to the Jacobite army.
File
Identifier: Acc.7634
Dates:
1745.
Photocopies of papers concerning the Omay family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7004
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. Paper, 1750, in a case between Duncan Omay of Kilchumkill and the 3rd Duke of Argyll
2. Letter and account, 1801, of John Forbes to Messrs Moddy and Omay, concerning collection of debts of a Scottish business in the United States
3. Letter, 1813, of Hector Macneill to Samuel Omay
4. 19 letters, 1813-1836, of John Galt to Samuel Omay.
Dates:
1750, 1801, 1813-1836.
Photocopy of the first page of the indictment at the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, inscribed with the signatures of the prosecuting counsel.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9061
Dates:
1945.
Photographs and translations of documents concerning the trial of George Buchanan by the Inquisition at Lisbon.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.10.1.9
Scope and Contents
Photographs of five documents connected with the imprisonment, trial, sentence and release of George Buchanan by the Inquisition in Portugal, 16 August 1550 to 28th February 1552, with descriptive notes (typewritten) by Guthrie.
Dates:
1550-1552.
Photographs of the will of James Balfour, and a valuation of his property.
File
Identifier: Acc.6391
Dates:
1841.
Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1719-1760, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14521
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the following:(i) 'Instructions for preparing a case for the Duke of Hamilton touching his peerage as Duke of Brandon & c. and proceedings in the House of Lords on the Duke of Queensberry petition’ 1719 (folio 1);(ii) Printed recommendations to the King by the commissioners for securing the peace of the Highlands concerning the provisions of schools in the Highlands, 1716, with a manuscript, 1733, 'Memorial concerning the provisions made by...
Dates:
1719-1760, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum.
Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum., 1717-1760, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14503-14523
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:
1717-1760, undated.
Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1776-1806, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11193-11208
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1776-1806, undated.
Portions of drafts, extracted during the process of revision and contraction, and apparently unprinted, of the ‘Case for the respondents’, in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5360
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
MSS.5357-5359 contain a number of portions of drafts, all later than September 1768, written chiefly in the hands of clerks, but considerably revised by Andrew Stuart and others. Details of these drafts, and a statement of the probable relationships between them and the final printed version, will be found in a note at the beginning of MS.5357. The drafts show a continuous process of revision and contraction, leading up to the final printed version. MS.5360 contains portions extracted during...
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
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Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5357
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
MSS.5357-5359 contain a number of portions of drafts, all later than September 1768, written chiefly in the hands of clerks, but considerably revised by Andrew Stuart and others. Details of these drafts, and a statement of the probable relationships between them and the final printed version, will be found in a note at the beginning of MS.5357. The drafts show a continuous process of revision and contraction, leading up to the final printed version. MS.5360 contains portions extracted during...
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
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Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5358
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
MSS.5357-5359 contain a number of portions of drafts, all later than September 1768, written chiefly in the hands of clerks, but considerably revised by Andrew Stuart and others. Details of these drafts, and a statement of the probable relationships between them and the final printed version, will be found in a note at the beginning of MS.5357. The drafts show a continuous process of revision and contraction, leading up to the final printed version. MS.5360 contains portions extracted during...
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
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Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5359
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
MSS.5357-5359 contain a number of portions of drafts, all later than September 1768, written chiefly in the hands of clerks, but considerably revised by Andrew Stuart and others. Details of these drafts, and a statement of the probable relationships between them and the final printed version, will be found in a note at the beginning of MS.5357. The drafts show a continuous process of revision and contraction, leading up to the final printed version. MS.5360 contains portions extracted during...
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
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Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5357-5360
Scope and Contents
MSS.5357-5359 contain a number of portions of drafts, all later than September 1768, written chiefly in the hands of clerks, but considerably revised by Andrew Stuart and others. Details of these drafts, and a statement of the probable relationships between them and the final printed version, will be found in a note at the beginning of MS.5357. The drafts show a continuous process of revision and contraction, leading up to the final printed version. MS.5360 contains portions extracted during...
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Practicks and other legal papers, written by John Thomsone, 1657., 1592-1653.
File
Identifier: MS.2712
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) 'Practiques of the Lords of Session'. According to a note, “they appear to be President Spotswoods tho' in some things different”; see Hector McKechnie, 'Practicks, 1469-1700', in ‘An introductory survey of the sources and literature of Scots law’, ‘Stair Society’, volume i (1936). (Page 1.)(ii) A version of Haddington's Decisions, 1592-1593; see also MS.2707. (Page 155.)(iii) Copies of statements in the process begun by the...
Dates:
1592-1653.
"Practiques of the Law of Scotland".
Item
Identifier: Acc.11941
Scope and Contents
Contains:
1 "Actes of Parliament Ordine Alphabetico Anent Crymes"
2 "Practickes re Land", 1666
3 "The Ordinarie Forme of Proces Befor the Lordes of Sessione", 1669.
Dates:
circa 1666-1669.
Precept of dare constat by William Ker in favour of John Shiel.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3865
Scope and Contents
Concerning lands of Kirknowe, Roxburghshire.
Dates:
1717.
Precept of horning in favour of Thomas Stevenson and others, against John Stirling and others.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3946
Dates:
1686.