Legal notes in two separate series: (i) `Some additional remarks upon the Viscount of Stairs his Institutiones of the Law of Scotland`; (ii) `Treatise of Teynds`.
Scope and Contents
(i) `Some additional remarks upon the Viscount of Stairs his Institutiones of the Law of Scotland`, compiled following the publication of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the law of Scotland’, probably by or for Robert Bennet (1644-1722), Advocate and Dean of Faculty, whose ex libris appears on the back fly-leaf of the volume.
(ii) `Treatise of Teynds`, a collection of forms and styles, acts, decisions and proceedings relating to the teind law and its administration by the Commissioners of Teinds, 1626-1643, compiled by the `Laird of Edgerstone`, possibly Robert or John Rutherfurd of that Ilk.
Dates
- Creation: Circa 1644-1690.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (20 folios + blank folios + 68 folios (reversed). Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 10 07 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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