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We hold the records of Scottish courts of law, including the Court of Session, High Court of Justiciary, sheriff courts and commissary courts, and legal registers associated with them, such as registers of sasines and registers of deeds.
The following guides give details on the specific types of legal records.
Adoption Records
Chancery Records
Coats of Arms
Commissary Court Records
Company Registration Records
Court of Session Records
Crime and Criminals
Deeds
Divorce and Separation Records
Fatal Accident Inquiry Records
High Court Criminal Trials
Inheriting Land and Buildings
Justices of the Peace Records
Sasines
Sheriff Court Records
Soldiers' and Airmen's Wills
Wills and Testaments
Read an index of legal terms, which you are likely to come across when using Scottish court records.
