Writs. Judicial records.
Subject
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Scope Note: Orders in writing, issued under seal (in the name of the sovereign or a court or judicial officer) from the proper authority, commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing an act specified therein.
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Volume of works relating to Scots law chiefly in hands of the late seventeenth century., Late 15th century-early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3171
Scope and Contents
The volume contains three sections, written by different persons.(i) The Law Repertory of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie (folio 1). The text contains several differences from the copies of this work in Adv.MS.24.3.2 and MS.943. In other hands, some more modern, are: a note stating that the work 'is thought to have bein done by Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigy, lately on of the Lords of Session, & compiled by him for his readier use when he was ane Advocat' (folio 1); occasional...
Dates:
Late 15th century-early 18th century.
Writ of summons to Parliament., 1959.
Item
Identifier: Ch.11031
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1959.
Writ under the Privy Seal pardoning Robert Wright, Edinburgh, for his Jacobite activities.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8498
Dates:
1775.