Author: James Lorimer

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-11

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9781334593765

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Excerpt from A Hand-Book of the Law of Scotland Notonlyhasthe text beencarefiillyrevised, andmodified in accordance with such changes as subsequent legislation has introduced into the law, but new matter has been added, wherever it appeared that subjects of importance or of general interest had been overlooked. An attempt has also been made to render the book more useful to students, and more interesting to intelligent readers of all classes, by indicating with greater fulness than had been done in the former edition, the sources from which the law of Scotland has derived those characteristics in which it differs from that of England. The historical account of the office of Sheri ', the article on the Court of the Lord Lyon, that on Litigation by the Poor, and other portions of the work as it now stands, are entirely new. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book A Hand-Book of the Law of Scotland (Classic Reprint) written by James Lorimer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-11 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Hand-Book of the Law of Scotland Notonlyhasthe text beencarefiillyrevised, andmodified in accordance with such changes as subsequent legislation has introduced into the law, but new matter has been added, wherever it appeared that subjects of importance or of general interest had been overlooked. An attempt has also been made to render the book more useful to students, and more interesting to intelligent readers of all classes, by indicating with greater fulness than had been done in the former edition, the sources from which the law of Scotland has derived those characteristics in which it differs from that of England. The historical account of the office of Sheri ', the article on the Court of the Lord Lyon, that on Litigation by the Poor, and other portions of the work as it now stands, are entirely new. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."