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Opinions. Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A formal statement of reasons for a judgement given. Source: Concise Oxford English dictionary. 11th ed. Oxford 2004.

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

Financial and other papers concerning the Hamilton family., 1717-1767.

 File
Identifier: MS.5371
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Financial papers, 1717, concerning Anne, Duchess of Hamilton (folio 1);

(ii) Papers, 1747-1762, of James, 6th Duke of Hamilton (folio 17);

(iii) Papers relating to the repair of the roof of the Abbey Church of Holyrood, 1757-1758 (folio 196);

(iv) A legal 'Opinion for The Tutors of His Grace, the Duke of Hamilton', 1767, i.e. James, 7th Duke (folio 212).

Dates: 1717-1767.

Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1469-1818.

 File
Identifier: MS.5326
Scope and Contents

The legal documents comprise the following: (i) Acts, 1469-1815 (number 1), number 19 being a record of the head court of the barony of Castlemilk, 1717; (ii) Cases to lawyers, 1761-1812 (number 30); (iii) Opinions of lawyers and others, 1769-1807 (number 43); Queries to lawyers, 1675-1796 (number 47); (iv) Answers on legal questions, 1679-1815 (number 55); (v) Petitions, 1677-1818 (number 71).

Dates: 1469-1818.

Legal opinions and other documents concerning Scottish representative peers.

 File
Identifier: MS.115
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) Legal opinions and other documents relating to the right of the Prince of Wales to be Duke of Rothesay, and to vote at elections of Scottish peers, 1787-1791 (folio 1);

(ii) 'A letter concerning the Scots Peerage', addressed to Captain Alexander Abercromby of Glassaugh, Member of Parliament from Glasgow, 1719, condemning the proposal to make the representation of the Scots Peers hereditary (folio 63).

Dates: 1719, 1787-1791.

Letter book of Archibald Campbell Colquhoun, Lord Clerk Register.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10683
Scope and Contents

The topics include the militia, suppression of riots in Glasgow, estate affairs, appointments in the Excise service and advice on points of law. The inverted pages contain opinions on legal cases.

Dates: 1812-1813.

Letters and memoranda, 1785-1794, written by the descendants of peers attainted in the 1715 Jacobite rising in an attempt to recover their titles and estates.

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Identifier: MS.5209
Scope and Contents

Most of the letters and memorandums, 1785-1794 are from the Earl of Mar, addressed apparently to the Earl of Seaforth (folios 13-67).

Also included are notes and copies of opinions, 1761-1820, on the succession to five peerages attainted in the 1715 and 1745 risings (folios 68-137), and miscellaneous notes, undated, on peerages (folios 1-12).

Dates: 1761-1820, undated.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Croslegh to Crowdy., 1809-1912

 File
Identifier: MS.40296
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Croslegh, Charles.Letter, 1869, of Charles Croslegh to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Cross, Miss.Letter, ? 1896, of Miss Cross to John Murray IV. Folio 3.Cross, Constance.Letter, 1871, of Constance Cross to John Murray III. Folios 4-5.Cross, Francis William.Letters, 1890, of Francis William Cross to John Murray...
Dates: 1809-1912

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Cooke, G. to Cooke, J., 1826-1913.

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Identifier: MS.40265
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Cooke, George.Letter, 1826, of George Cooke to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Cooke, George Albert.Letters and visiting card, 1898, of George Albert Cooke to Alexander Henry Hallam Murray and John Murray IV. Folios 3-7.Cooke, George Frederick.Letters, 1868, 1871, 1874,-187, 1877, 1887, 1889 and 1891, of George Frederick Cooke to Robert...
Dates: 1826-1913.

Material concerning the College of Glasgow and the Parish of Govan., 1792.

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Identifier: MS.2700
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:'Extracts from Records, Manuscripts, &c. respecting the College of Glasgow and their right to the teinds of the parish of Govan', 1792 (page 1); 'Memorial for the heritors of the parish of Govan', 1792 (page 107);'Note for the Heritors of Govan to their Counsel, 9 May, 1792' (page 132);'Note of Authorities concerning the jurisdiction of the Commissaries in Scotland to strike the annual fiars, 27 March, 1792'...
Dates: 1792.

Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Bengal Government., 1808-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11600
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of depositions from victims of dacoits, 1808-1809, taken before William Coates Blaquiere, Acting Magistrate of Nadia (folio 1); (ii) Letter of Thomas Henry Ernst, Third Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal at Benares (Varanasi), 1810, with an enclosed memorandum concerning police administration in the Benares district (folio 12). See also MS.11597. (iii) Papers, 1810, concerning the enquiry into the conduct of William Brodie, Bengal Civil Service,...
Dates: 1808-1813.

Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates: 1561, 17th century-late 19th century.