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The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed...
"A Project for Retrieving Credit" [Bankruptcy]. [Scotland]. The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed; Containing a Project for Retrieving Credit, And Advancing Trade, By Preventing Tedious Law-Suits: Again Addressed to the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, Members of Parliament, And all Scotsmen. Edinburgh..... More
The XXII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine Iames be the.
With an Act Reforming the Scottish System of Weights and Measures [Scotland]. [Statutes]. James VI [1566-1625], King of Scotland. The XXII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine Iames be the Grace God, King of Scotland, England, France, And Ireland: Defender of the fatih [sic] &c. Halden be His..... More
The XXIII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine Iames...
A Session with Two Significant Acts [Scotland]. [Statutes]. James VI [1566-1625], King of Scotland. Hay, Sir John [1578-1654], Editor. The XXIII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine Iames by the Grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland: Defender of the faith; &c. Halden at Edinburgh..... More
The Acts Made in the First Parliament [With 7 Other Volumes of Acts].
Scottish Acts, 1633-1649 [Scotland]. [Statutes]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles, By the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France, And Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Holden by Himselfe, Present in Person, With..... More
Precedent (Style) Book, Edinburgh, 1763-1764.
A Carefully Organized Scottish Manuscript Precedent Book [Manuscript]. [Scotland]. [Precedent (Style) Book]. Edinburgh?, 1763-1764. 171 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary wallet binding, quarter sheep over marbled paper-covered stiff wrappers, fastener lacking, silk ribbon bookmarks. Rubbing and light wear, marble detaching from wrappers in places, fore-edge of wrappers torn and..... More
A Catalogue of the Lords of Session, From the Institution of the...
Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. [Dalrymple, Sir David (1726-1792), Compiler]. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session, From the Institution of the College of Justice, In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. [Edinburgh?: s.n.], 1794. [iv], 18, 42 pp. Quarto (10" x 8-1/4"). Disbound..... More
The Lawes and Acts of Parliament Made be the Most Excellent and...
Scottish Acts from 1600-1609 [Scotland]. Skene, John [1543?-1617], Compiler. The Lawes and Acts of Parliament Made be the Most Excellent and Mightie King and Monarch James be the Grace of God, King of Great Britane, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Since His Maiesties XV. Parliament the XIX..... More
The Index, Or Abridgment of Such Acts of the British Parliament...
A Scottish Compilation of British Acts [Scotland]. Bruce, Alexander [d.1729], Compiler. The Index, Or Abridgment of Such Acts of the British Parliament, As Either Equally Concern the Whole United Kingdom, Or Particularly Relate to Scotland; From the Conclusion of the Treaty of Union in 1707, To this Present Year 1726;..... More
Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1796.
Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1796 [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Month of November M,DCC,XXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1757. [ii], 2, 216 pp. Lacking second part, pp. 217-460, covering decisions from 1739-1744. [With] Davidson, Robert, Compiler. Douglas..... More
Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Month of November 1735...
Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1744 [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Month of November M,DCC,XXXV, To The Month of July M,DCC,XLIV. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute, James Simpson [et al.], 1791. 464 pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Recent library buckram, gilt..... More
A Catalogue of the Lords of Session, From the Institution of the...
Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. [Dalrymple, Sir David (1726-1792), Compiler]. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session, From the Institution of the College of Justice, In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochram, 1767. [iv], 17, [1]; 26..... More
The XXI Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine, James by...
Acts of the Twenty-First Scottish Parliament of James I [Scotland]. James VI and I [1566-1625], King. The XXI Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine, James by the Grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, And Ireland: Defender of the Faith. Halden at Edinburgh the XXIIJ Day of..... More
The Trial of James Wilson, For High Treason, With an Account of His...
Executed after a Failed Insurrection [Trial]. [Scotland]. [Mackenzie, Peter (1799-1875)]. Wilson, James, Defendant [1760-1820]. The Trial of James Wilson, For High Treason, With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow, September, 1820, Etc. Etc. Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Reformers of Glasgow, By Their Faithful and Devoted..... More
The Acts Made in the Second Parliament [with 5 Other Volumes of Acts].
Acts of Charles I and II, 1640-1649 [Scotland]. The Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles, By the Grace of God King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Holden at Edinburgh in the Severall Sessions Thereof, According to..... More
The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, Three Sons of the...
Three Sons of a Jacobite Hero Tried for Abduction and Assault [Trials]. [Scotland]. M'Gregor, James, Defendant. M'Gregor, Duncan, Defendant. M'Gregor, Robert, Defendant [d.1755]. [MacGregor, Rob Roy (bap.1671-1734)]. The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, Three Sons of the Celebrated Rob Roy, Before the High Court of Justiciary in the..... More
A Collection of the Stiles of Personal Rights and Diligence.
Manuscript Precedent Book, Edinburgh, 1776 [Manuscript]. [Scotland]. A Collection of the Stiles of Personal Rights and Diligence. Personal and Real. Volume I. Edinburgh, 1776. 355, [4] pp. With an index. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt fillets, lettering piece reading "Stiles" and contemporary..... More
Ars Notariatus: Or, The Art And Office Of A Notary-Publick, As the...
Notable Eighteenth-Century Handbook for Scottish Notaries [Notaries]. [Scotland]. Ars Notariatus: Or, The Art And Office Of A Notary-Publick, As the Same Is Practised In Scotland. In Two Parts. I. Giving an Account of the Rise and Institution of the Office, And Ancient and Present State Thereof. II. Containing Notorial Instruments..... More
A Collection of Decisions, Of the Lords of Council and Session...
A Seventeenth-Century Scottish "Case Book" [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. [Vallange, John, Editor]. A Collection of Decisions, Of the Lords of Council and Session, In Two Parts. The First Contains Decisions From July 1661, To July 1666. Observ'd by Sir John Gilmour of Craigmiller, President of the Colledge of Justice. The..... More
Decisions of the Court of Session, From the End of the Year 1756....
Decisions in the Court of Session, 1756-1760 [Great Britain]. [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the End of the Year 1756, To the End of the Year 1760. Collected by John Campbell Junior, Mr John Dalrymple, Mr Walter Steuart, And Mr G eorge Cokburne, Mr..... More
Trial of Robert Hunter, Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie...
Who Stole My Cheese? [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Glasgow, Scotland]. Trial of Robert Hunter, Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie [Running Title]. [Glasgow: April 29, 1818]. 18 ff. Last leaf partially blank, docketed on verso. Folio (12-1/2" x 7.5"). Disbound, light soiling and edgewear, three horizontal fold lines, lower portion of..... More
An Act to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt, And to Provide for the...
Acts Concerning Debtors in Scotland [Debtors]. [Scotland]. [An Act to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt, And to Provide for the Better Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland; And for Other Purposes (7th September 1880)]. [London]: S.n., [1880]. [ii], 7, [1] pp. Octavo (11" x 7"). Disbound. Light toning, small stamp to..... More
The Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes [1478-1495]...
Critical Edition Published by the Records Commission [Scotland]. [Thomson, Thomas, Editor]. Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes [1478-1495]. [Edinburgh]: Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third, 1839. 430, 60, 33 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio (17-1/2" x 11"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over..... More