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 gives details on specific types of legal records.
Adoption Records [1]
Chancery Records [2]
Coats of Arms [3]
Company Registration Records [5]
Deeds [8]
Divorce and Separation Records [9]
Fatal Accident Inquiry Records [10]
High Court Criminal Trials [11]
Inheriting Land and Buildings [12]
Justices of the Peace Records [13]
Sasines [14]
Soldiers' and Airmen's Wills [16]
Wills and Testaments [17]
Read an index of legal terms [18], which you are likely to come across when using Scottish court records.
Links
[1] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/adoption-records
[2] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/chancery-records
[3] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/coats-of-arms
[4] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/commissary-court-records
[5] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/company-registration-records
[6] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/court-of-session-records
[7] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/crime-and-criminals
[8] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/deeds
[9] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/divorce-records
[10] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/fatal-accident-inquiry-records
[11] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/high-court-criminal-trials
[12] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/inheriting-land-and-buildings
[13] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/justices-of-the-peace-records
[14] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/sasines
[15] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/sheriff-court-records
[16] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/soldiers-and-airmens-wills
[17] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/wills-and-testaments
[18] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/court-and-legal-records/index-of-legal-terms