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Court and Legal records

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 asĀ registers of sasinesĀ 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]

Commissary Court Records [4]

Company Registration Records [5]

Court of Session Records [6]

Crime and Criminals [7]

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]

Sheriff Court Records [15]

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.


Source URL: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/court-and-legal-records

Links
[1] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/adoption-records
[2] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/chancery-records
[3] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/coats-of-arms
[4] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/commissary-court-records
[5] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/company-registration-records
[6] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/court-of-session-records
[7] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/crime-and-criminals
[8] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/deeds
[9] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/divorce-records
[10] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/fatal-accident-inquiry-records
[11] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/high-court-criminal-trials
[12] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/inheriting-land-and-buildings
[13] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/justices-of-the-peace-records
[14] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/sasines
[15] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/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