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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:

Notebooks of John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session, containing full notes of the cases in which he participated both as advocate (criminal cases only, 1841-1858) and judge (civil and criminal cases, 1858-1889).

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.38.1.1-38.6.2
Scope and Contents

Each volume has a contents list. Inglis was Lord Advocate in 1852 and 1858, Lord Justice Clerk from 1858 to 1867, and Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1867 to 1891.

Dates: 1841-1889.

Notes, legal papers, and letters concerning the attempts by Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar (died 1792) to restore the earldom to George, Earl Marischal (succeeded 1712) and papers concerning the management of the Marischal estate., 1749-1758.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21180-21181
Scope and Contents

Although there are some originals many of the documents are copies in Alexander Keith's hand and the whole takes the form of a continuous narrative chronicling his attitudes in these matters. As such, the papers provide an interesting insight into his lifestyle as well as the affairs of the Keith estate.

The papers were at some time bound as one volume.

Dates: 1749-1758.

Notes on legal forms and procedures written by James Wintrope, Hawick.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.8
Scope and Contents

Short treatises collected from the reports of a society of Gentlemen established in collecting reports relating to the law of Scotland, on numerous procedures, different points of law with notices of the state of the records, etc.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (Jac V.1.1).

Dates: 18th century.