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 2020 Collections and/or Records:
Judicial documents relating to the Cross Kirk of Peebles and its teinds., 1618-1687.
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Identifier: Ch.12582-12590
Judicial papers between the 1st Earl of Tweeddale and his mother., 1610-1620.
File
Identifier: Ch.10757-10775
Judicial papers between the 2nd Marquess and Marchioness of Tweeddale and the Duchess of Lauderdale., 1682-1684.
File
Identifier: Ch.11358-11387
Judicial papers concerning the teinds of Pinkie., 1678.
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Identifier: Ch.11356-11357
Judicial papers concerning William Law, writer, Edinburgh., 1654-1656.
File
Identifier: Ch.10865-10867
Judicial papers of and concerning the Earl of Dunfermline., 1606-1633.
File
Identifier: Ch.10747-10756
Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of James and William Melville., 1659-1685, undated.
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Identifier: MS.25732
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Financial papers, 1659-1684, concerning William Melville's debts to Sir James Stansfield. (ii) Miscellaneous notes and legal papers, 1683-1685, undated, concerning Melville’s debts.
Dates:
1659-1685, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Stansfield.
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Papers relating to Sir James Stansfield's financial affairs.
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Financial and judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield.
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Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of James and William Melville (of the Pittanchope family), merchants in Edinburgh and London.
Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of James and William Melville., 1663-1686.
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Identifier: MS.25729
Scope and Contents
The papers concern the following: (i) Sir Charles Erskine of Cambo, 1663-1674 (number 1); (ii) Gilbert Hall, Minister of Kirkliston, 1665-1686 (number 17).
Dates:
1663-1686.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Stansfield.
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Papers relating to Sir James Stansfield's financial affairs.
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Financial and judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield.
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Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of James and William Melville (of the Pittanchope family), merchants in Edinburgh and London.
Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of James and William Melville., 1659-1671.
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Identifier: MS.25730
Scope and Contents
The papers concern the following: (i) Thomas Plampin, Taylor, London, 1664-1668 (number 1); (ii) Peter Short, Merchant, London, 1668 (number 17); (iii) Other London merchants, 1659-1665 (number 21); (iv) Benjamin Worsley, 1665-1671 (number 27).
Dates:
1659-1671.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Stansfield.
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Papers relating to Sir James Stansfield's financial affairs.
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Financial and judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield.
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Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of James and William Melville (of the Pittanchope family), merchants in Edinburgh and London.
Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of James and William Melville (of the Pittanchope family), merchants in Edinburgh and London., 1651-1685, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25729-25732
Dates:
1651-1685, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Stansfield.
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Papers relating to Sir James Stansfield's financial affairs.
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Financial and judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield.
Judicial papers of the lawsuit between the Duke of Lauderdale and the 2nd Marquess and Marchioness of Tweeddale., 1675.
File
Identifier: Ch.11353-11355
Judicial papers relating to the transference of Lord Rutherford`s debts to the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale by the magistrates of Perth., 1668-1671.
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Identifier: Ch.11965-11982
Dates:
1668-1671.
Juridical collection, chiefly concerning the Laws of Iceland., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.3
Dates:
18th century.
Juridical collection, concerning the Laws of Iceland., 18th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.4
Scope and Contents
The text is written partly in Roman and partly in German characters, in various hands.
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 27. Varia Juridica. Controversiæ celeberrimi Gudmundi Andreæ.`
Dates:
18th century.
Juridico-politico-economical collection, concerning the Laws of Iceland., 18th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.2
Scope and Contents
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 12. Biörnonis de Skardsá et variorum aliorum auctorum Disquisitiones Juridico-Oeconomico-Politicæ. In fine Buamanna Lög sive Leges Oeconomicorum (Rusticorum). Exemplar accuratiss.`
Dates:
18th century.
‘Jus feudale’ and ‘Tractatus in libros de feudis’ by Sir Thomas Craig.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.1
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (A.2.17).
Dates:
[Before 1609.]
‘Jus feudale’ by Sir Thomas Craig.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.2
Scope and Contents
A copy of 'Jus feudale' without the tractatus. At the end is an imperfect index of matters.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.3.24).
Dates:
[1603, or before.]
Kingsmill, Inverness, situation of the feuars, etc., 1587, 1613, 1623, 1705.
File
Identifier: Ch.1642-1645
Dates:
1587, 1613, 1623, 1705.
Lands of Culduthel and mill of Altnaskiach., 1631-1675.
File
Identifier: Ch.1651-1653
Lands of Cullerness in Petty: dealings with Kinnaird of Rait and Earls of Moray., 1648-1653, 1730.
File
Identifier: Ch.1659-1668
Lauderdale affairs., 1632-1729.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11313-11440
Legal and antiquarian notes, and extracts from manuscripts and printed books, all apparently in John Riddell`s hand., Circa 1820-1860, and undated.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.2.21
Scope and Contents
Most of the papers are undated and on unidentified subjects, many being brief or incomplete.
Dates:
Circa 1820-1860, and undated.
Legal and business papers of Robert Cadell., 1805-1880, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21053-21060
Legal and estate papers of the family of Foulis of Ravelston and Woodhall. , 1655-1891.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6145-6152
Dates:
1655-1891.
Legal and estate papers of the family of Foulis of Ravelston and Woodhall., 1655-1681.
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Identifier: MS.6145