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:
Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1679.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.4.3
Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1679.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.4.4
Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1680.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.5.1
Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1680-1681.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.5.2
Session papers collected by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall., 1685-1692.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.27.5.3
'Severall pratickes collected be Tho. Earle of Hadingtoune' (i.e. Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington) for the year 1592., 1592.
Item
Identifier: MS.5433
Scope and Contents
The 'pratickes' begin on folio 14. Some decisions of 1590-1591 and 1627-1630 are noted on folios 1-13.
Dates:
1592.
Sir Thomas Nicolson’s abridgement of Sir Peter Wedderburn's 'Practiques', with a copy of Sir Thomas Wallace, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’., 2nd half of 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.3(b)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) ‘Ane abridgement of those practiques collected by that famous juris-consult S[r]. P[eter?] W[edderburn?] epitomized by that learned lawier S[r]. Thomas Nicolsone of Carnock 1669’ (115 pages);
(ii) Copy of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’ and observations arranged under titles in alphabetical order (322 pages).
Dates:
2nd half of 17th century.
Sir William Rose, Clerk of the Parliaments., 1836, 1867-1868.
Series
Identifier: Ch.2617-2619
Dates:
1836, 1867-1868.
Six unrelated Scottish historical documents.
File
Identifier: Acc.11955
Scope and Contents
Contents:1 Copy of document setting up the Christian League, 1585 (with 19th century transcript)2 Losses of Aberdeen in the Civil War period, presented at the Convention of Royal Burghs, 16953 Reply to the Western Remonstrance, 1650, Perth4 Protest of the Supplicants against the Privy Council, 16375 Account of the Scots Corporation, ca.16956 Account of celebrations in Edinburgh on the anniversaries of the King`s birthday...
Dates:
circa 1585-1695.
Small collection (probably incomplete) of formal papers, 1606, 1612-1613, 1643, chiefly relating to the dispute between William, son of the 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, and William Crichton of Ryhill (who succeeded as 9th Lord), and to other members of the family (folios 1-9), and two unrelated lists of books, undated (folios 10-12)., 1606, 1612-1613, 1643, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.8
Dates:
1606, 1612-1613, 1643, and undated.
Small miscellany of legal papers, arranged as far as possible in a single chronological sequence., 16th century-17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.7(i), folios i, 1-19, 30-58
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection.
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Small miscellany of legal papers, arranged as far as possible in a single chronological sequence.
Small miscellany of legal papers, arranged as far as possible in a single chronological sequence., 16th century-17th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.7(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents
A contents list has been placed at the beginning of Adv.MS.25.9.7(i) (folio i).
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Special retour of George Miller of Gourlaybank, an heir to George Sandilands, portioner of West Barns.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11354
Dates:
1699.
Special subjects., 1543-1729.
Series
Identifier: Ch.11032-11497
Specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland, from the first parliament of James I to the accession of James VI, by David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
File
Identifier: MS.990
Scope and Contents
Contains three of the printed, interleaved copies which Lord Hailes issued privately and sent to legal authorities for their remarks, with autograph notes by Lord Auchinleck, James Gordon, Advocate, and Hailes himself.
Dates:
[?1768.]
State of the process of damages at the instance of John Cadell of Cockenzie against John Morthland and John Johnstone., 17 January 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.14781
Strowan estate papers., 1786-1883, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10913-10917
Dates:
1786-1883, undated.
Style book of Alexander Duncan.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.4
Scope and Contents
A collection of styles apparently written by Alexander Duncan, whose name is on the first page.
Dates:
17th century.
Teinds and feus of Tweedsmuir: judicial papers of a lawsuit between the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and Sir William Murray of Stanhope., 1677-1679.
File
Identifier: Ch.12354-12356
Dates:
1677-1679.
Ten legal documents, some relating to lands in Angus.
Collection
Identifier: Ch.5770-5779
Dates:
1510-1702.
The Honourable George Henry Douglas, Admiral, nephew of Lord Strathnairn., 1841-1874.
Series
Identifier: Ch.2620-2626
Thomas Mackay Cooper's Opinions as Counsel., 1933-1934
Series
Identifier: Acc.6188/1-2
Dates:
1933-1934
Three documents of the Cockburn family.
Collection
Identifier: Ch.2045-2047
Scope and Contents
Transcriptions and translations will be found in MS.2996(ff.14-37).
Dates:
1672-1700.