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:
Precept of horning in favour of Thomas Stevenson and others, against John Stirling and others.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3946
Dates:
1686.
Precognitions of witnesses in the trial of Katharine Nairn for the murder of her husband, Thomas Ogilvy of Eastmiln., 1765.
File
Identifier: MS.3648, folios 58-105
Scope and Contents
The first eight pages are missing.
Dates:
1765.
Printed Books from the Riddell Collection., 1718-1850.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42
Scope and Contents
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
Dates:
1718-1850.
Printed copy of Justinius, "Institutes" (1678), with manuscript annotations.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7835
Dates:
1678.
Printed legal paper, titled, 'Letter from Lt.-Gen. Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart., G.C.B., to henry Warburton, Esq. M.P., on the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1834)., 1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.13133
Dates:
1834.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize.
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Printed legal papers concerning Sir Thomas Hislop.
Printed legal paper, titled, 'The proceedings in the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1823), volume III., 1823.
Item
Identifier: MS.13128
Dates:
1823.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize.
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Printed legal papers concerning Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Printed legal papers, titled, 'The proceedings in the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1823), volumes I-III.
Printed legal papers, annotated by the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning proceedings against the Maharaja Nand Kumar., [1787-1788.]
File
Identifier: MS.11202
Dates:
[1787-1788.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto's management of the impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey, formerly chief Justice of Bengal, for his conduct of the trial of the Maharaja Nand Kumar.
Printed legal papers, being copies, corrected in manuscript, of the Act, of similar acts, and of session papers., 1828-1835.
File
Identifier: MS.16805
Dates:
1828-1835.
Printed legal papers chiefly concerning the estate of Kinlochmoidart., 1761-1877.
File
Identifier: MS.3987
Scope and Contents
The papers relate to: the forfeited estate of Kinlochmoidart, 1761-1762 (numbers 1-2); claims on the estate of Dugald Stewart of Appin, 1796, 1798 (numbers 3-8); various leases of Kinlochmoidart lands, 1799, 1807 (numbers 9-11); a claim against Sir John Campbell, Baronet, of Ardnamurchan, in respect of improvements made in Kinlochmoidart, 1818 (number 12); and the disentailment of the estate, 1877 (numbers 13-14).
Dates:
1761-1877.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Printed legal papers concerning Sir Thomas Hislop., 1823, 1833.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13126-13133
Dates:
1823, 1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize.
Printed legal papers of the Hays of Yester., 1721-1800.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14778-14781
Printed legal papers, titled, 'The proceedings in the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1823), volume I., 1823.
File
Identifier: MS.13126
Dates:
1823.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize.
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Printed legal papers concerning Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Printed legal papers, titled, 'The proceedings in the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1823), volumes I-III.
Printed legal papers, titled, 'The proceedings in the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1823), volume II., 1823.
File
Identifier: MS.13127
Dates:
1823.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize.
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Printed legal papers concerning Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Printed legal papers, titled, 'The proceedings in the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1823), volumes I-III.
Printed legal papers, titled, 'The proceedings in the Deccan Prize Case' (London, 1823), volumes I-III., 1823.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13126-13128
Dates:
1823.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize.
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Printed legal papers concerning Sir Thomas Hislop.
Printed material of the family of Mure of Caldwell concerning public affairs., 1799-1907.
File
Identifier: MS.5007
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Political papers, including copies of bills and Acts of Parliament (folio 1);
(ii) Papers concerning local affairs in Scotland (folio 63);
(iii) Speeches of William Mure (succeeded 1860) (folio 162);
(iv) Papers on literary and cultural subjects (folio 183);
(v) Legal paper, Officers of State for Scotland against the Chancellor of Glasgow University’ (folio 214).
Dates:
1799-1907.
Printed papers and manuscript notes by Lord Shand concerning the Free Church Appeal Case in the House of Lords.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.36.1.8
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of Lord Shand’s copy of the House of Lords papers in the Free Church appeal case (The general assembly of the Free Church of Scotland and others v the Right Honourable John Campbell, Lord Overtoun and others), 1904, with his Lordships manuscript notes and the printed draft judgements of Lords Davey, Robertson, and Lindley.
Dates:
1904.
Printed papers chiefly relating to the legal and financial affairs of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1809-1854.
File
Identifier: MS.1989
Printed papers concerning lawsuits, chiefly of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1721-1756.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14778-14779
Printed papers concerning lawsuits, chiefly of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1721-1748.
File
Identifier: MS.14778
Dates:
1721-1748.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester.
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Printed legal papers of the Hays of Yester.
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Printed papers concerning lawsuits, chiefly of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Printed papers concerning lawsuits, chiefly of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1749-1756.
File
Identifier: MS.14779
Dates:
1749-1756.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester.
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Printed legal papers of the Hays of Yester.
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Printed papers concerning lawsuits, chiefly of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Printed papers in legal cases with which Sir Walter Scott was apparently associated, with a few autograph notes of Scott and others and two slight drawings of buildings., 1782-1801.
File
Identifier: MS.1627
Scope and Contents
At the end of the papers in the case of the Reverend John McNaught, Minister of Girthon, for whom Sir Walter Scott pleaded (see J G Lockhart’s ‘Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott’, chapter vii), are manuscript copies of offending songs by McNaught.
Dates:
1782-1801.
Printed papers in the case Tennant versus Fyfe., 1874.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.38.6.2
Dates:
1874.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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).
Printed proceedings of a General Court Martial on the trials of Lieutenant-Colonel John Bell, Major Joseph Storey and Lieutenant-Colonel John Doveton., 1810.
File
Identifier: MS.11672
Dates:
1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
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Proceedings of a General Court Martial on the trials of Lieutenant-Colonel John Bell, Major Joseph Storey and Lieutenant-Colonel John Doveton.
Printed session papers with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair., 1796-1800.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.7.1.12-7.1.17