Law (Scotland)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
2 letter-books of an unidentified Scottish law firm
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1531, Volume: data_value_missing_044bad0cd209d0fc001ac418e9779b16, Volume: Coll-1699 / SC-Acc-2016-0001
Identifier: Coll-1699
Content Description
The correspondence suggests that this was an Edinburgh-based law practice, with the majority of letters emanating from city addresses.There are 2 volumes with information on the spines showing:
Letter Book No. 3 - 18th May 1956 - 21st Aug. 1956
Letter Book No. 5 - 9th Dec. 1956 - 31st Mar. 1957
The volumes came from The Solicitors' Law Stationery Society Ltd., Hope Street, Glasgow. They hold reference numbers: No.5354 Date.1956...
Dates:
1956-1957
5 x documents: notarial instruments relating to lands in Nether Carlowrie, west of Edinburgh, and in Invertiel, 1528-1566. Marks of 16th century Scottish notaries
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1747
Scope and Contents
5 x documents - notarial instruments - being:
Invertiel, 13 November 1528
Nether Carlowrie, 23 January 1529
Nether Carlowrie, 22 June 1535
Nether Carlowrie, 23 February 1540
Nether Carlowrie, 19 April 1566At the foot, each document bears a fine penned mark of a 16th century Scottish notary. Old folds, contemporary endorsements.
Dates:
1528-1566
18th century and 19th century legal documents some in favour of Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake
Fonds — Box CLX-A-622
Identifier: Coll-1553
Scope and Contents
The collection of legal documents is composed of:
1 x Discharge by William Pirie in favour of Dr. Sophia Jex Blake, 15 May 1890. Of a Bond and Disposition in Security of £400 over subjects in Grove Street, Edinburgh. Andrew Urquhart SSC Edinburgh
1 x Disposition by Thomas Fairweather Weir with consent, In favour of Sophia Jex Blake MD. 1884. Subject 6 Grove Street, Edinburgh. Andrew Urquhart...
Dates:
1786-1890
Class cards etc. relating to John Baillie Miller
Fonds — Box EUA-A-10
Identifier: EUA GD67
Scope and Contents
2 matriculation cards (1862 and 1864); class cards - Greek (1862), Law of Scotland (1862/3), Scots law (1862/3), Criminal law (Summer session, 1863).
Dates:
1861-1863
Class cards of Forbes T. Wallace
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1245
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of four cards, being:
- matriculation card, 1895
- matriculation card, 1896
- class card, Winter Session, 1895-1896. Lectures on Scots Law
- class card, Winter Session, 1896-1897. Lectures on Conveyancing
Dates:
1895-1897
Collection of Class certificates 1951-1954 of John Robertson, Law student
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1435
Scope and Contents
The University of Edinburgh class attendance certificates include those for: Civil Law during Academic Year 1951-1952, Jurisprudence during Academic Year 1951-1952, Administrative Law during Academic Year 1952-1953, Scots Law during Academic Year 1952-1953, Conveyancing during Academic year 1953-1954, and Public Law (Public International Law) during summer session of Academic Year 1953-1954. The collection also includes a Certificate of Merit certifying that John Robertson 'acquitted himself...
Dates:
1951-1954
Correspondence relating to the Scots Law Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-707
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of circa 28 letters to the Secretary of the Scots Law Society, William Lindsay, and A. Thomson Jnr.
Dates:
1842-1860
Law notes of Professor Hector MacQueen
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1256
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of lecture notes, essays, copies of cases, copies of exam papers, off-prints and other material relating to the following courses (and course components) offered by the then Faculty of Law, Edinburgh University:
History of Scots Law
Scottish Legal System
Scots Law I and II
Conduct of Proof / Inquiry
Contract
...
Dates:
1974-1979
Legal document - discharge of rent - between Mrs. Eleonora Russell and Mr William Robertson
Fonds — Folder SC-Acc-2016-0117, Box: data_value_missing_cadd80bdb633cff67a68c307dc3b6328, Box: data_value_missing_8f3ec38bd3a3fc15fa063acd9f7602d4
Identifier: Coll-1761
Scope and Contents
Ms document on stamped paper, 'For Receipts. Fourpence' and 'Halfpenny sheet', 'writtem by William Murray Jun'r writer in Edn'r...'. The document concludes:
The document is signed by Eleonora Russell in Edinburgh 21 September 1796. It was witnessed by: John Russell, apprentice to Mr. James Dundas, Clerk to the Signet; and, William Murray.
'...and of which years annual rent I hereby discharge the said Mr. William Robertson...'.
The document is signed by Eleonora Russell in Edinburgh 21 September 1796. It was witnessed by: John Russell, apprentice to Mr. James Dundas, Clerk to the Signet; and, William Murray.
Dates:
1796
Legal documents, 1544-1859
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1383/1
Scope and Contents
Series of legal documents such as charters, contracts, bonds, documents relating to debts, rent books, and collections relating to specific families.
Dates:
1544-1859