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The Court of Session
The highest civil court in Scotland, the Court of Session deals with civil cases which cannot be heard by sheriff courts, and also hears appeals from sheriff courts, some tribunals and other bodies. The Court is divided into an Outer House, which hears cases of first instance (i.e. cases being presented in court for the first time) and an Inner House, which mainly hears appeals.Records available
- Login to view Sir David Dalrymple: Petition (1770) - to view the images for this record please search for CS236/4/4/3 (see below for further details)
- Login to view Sir David Dalrymple: Petition (1770) - NRS catalogue reference CS236/D/4/3
- Login to view Joseph Knight v Sir John Wedderburn (1774-1778) - to view the images for this record please search for CS235/11/2/2 (see below for further details)
- Login to view Joseph Knight v Sir John Wedderburn (1774-1778) - NRS catalogue reference CS235/K/2/2
- Login to view James Montgomery v Robert Sheddan (1756) - to view the images for this record please search for CS234/19/3/12 (see below for further details)
- Login to view James Montgomery v Robert Sheddan (1756) - NRS catalogue reference CS234/S/3/12
- Login to view David Spence: Petition for liberation from prison (1770) - to view the images for this record please search for CS236/19/3/13 (see below for further details)
- Login to view David Spence: Petition for liberation from prison (1770) - NRS catalogue reference CS236/S/3/13
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Records on ScotlandsPlaces
On the ScotlandsPlaces website, National Records of Scotland makes available records arranged by county, parish, burgh and city, including:
- Ordnance Survey Name Books
- Seventeenth century hearth tax and poll tax rolls
- Land tax, servants' tax, window tax, horse tax, and other assessed tax rolls