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Actions. Judicial events.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Use generally for any proceedings in court brought by one or more persons against another or others, or by the state against a person or persons, to enforce a private right, redress or prevent a private wrong, or to punish a public offense.

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Legal papers of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh., 1594, 1672-1834, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7332/Box 1(1-8)
Dates: Majority of material found within 1594, 1672-1834, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, including legal and financial documents, of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh.

Miscellaneous affairs., 1558-1680.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.8597-8617
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1558-1680.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.

Notes of lectures on actions, possibly by Allan Maconochie, Professor of public law at Edinburgh.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.4(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents

The first page of the manuscript is dated 10th October 1783.

Dates: 1783.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notes of lectures on actions, possibly by Allan Maconochie, Professor of public law at Edinburgh., 1783.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.4(i)
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains the following: (i) Summonses (folio 1); (ii) Actions of proving the tenor of writs (folio 5); (iii) Privileged summonses (folio 14); (iv) Poinding (folio 27); (v) Adjudications (folio 37); (vi) Judicial sales (folio 49); (vii) Arrestment (folio 60); (viii) Form of process before Parliament (folio 83); (ix) Form of process before the Court of Session (folio 101); (x) Form of procedure in declarators (folio 123); (xi) Reductions and improbations (folio 136); (xii)...
Dates: 1783.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notes of lectures on actions, possibly by Allan Maconochie, Professor of public law at Edinburgh.

Notes of lectures on actions, possibly by Allan Maconochie, Professor of public law at Edinburgh., 1783.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.4(ii)
Scope and Contents

The manuscript contains the following:

(i) Inhibition (folio 1); (ii) Decision among heirs portioners and division of Runrigg land and commonties (folio 16) (iii) Court of commission for the plantation of churches and valuation of tythes (folio 33); (iv) Interdictions (folio 52); (v) Jurisdictiory of the Judge Admiralty and forms of process in causes that are brought before that court (folio 63); (vi) Seals and writs, passing them (folio 77).

Dates: 1783.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notes of lectures on actions, possibly by Allan Maconochie, Professor of public law at Edinburgh.

Printed ‘Case of the Respondents, The Duke of Hamilton, etc.’., [1768.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.8275
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Douglas Cause was the case in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas to the Douglas estates.

Dates: [1768.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients. / Legal papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Dukes of Hamilton, and the Douglas Cause.

Printed session papers, Stott v Murray (state of actions of advocation, etc.), with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair., 1798.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.7.1.15
Dates: 1798.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / “Blair’s Collections”: Session papers of Robert Blair of Avonton, Lord President of the Court of Session. / Printed session papers with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair. / Printed session papers, Stott v Murray, with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair.

Printed session papers, Stott v Murray, with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair., 1796-1798.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.7.1.15-7.1.16
Dates: 1796-1798.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / “Blair’s Collections”: Session papers of Robert Blair of Avonton, Lord President of the Court of Session. / Printed session papers with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair.

Registered bond against, and Act of, the magistrates of Edinburgh concerning Lady Yester`s Kirk., 1659.

 File
Identifier: Ch.10846-10847
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1659.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Personal and public affairs. / 1st Marquess of Tweeddale papers

Suit of John Forbes, M.P., against Janet Davidson in Coul, her son Andrew Morison, John Morison in Alness, later in Nigg, and John Morison in Coul., 1702, 1709.

 File
Identifier: Ch.1794-1795
Dates: 1702, 1709.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden. / Miscellaneous affairs, chiefly of the Forbes family.

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