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    Diligence is a term in Scots Law with no single definition, but is commonly used to describe debt collection and debt recovery proceedings against a debtor...
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  • virtue. Diligence may also refer to: Due diligence, a legal concept Diligence (Scots law), a legal process in Scots law Operational due diligence, review...
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  • insolvency law Enterprise Act 2002 Debt Relief Order Bill Chamber Accountant of Court Court of Session Diligence (Scots law) Reconstruction (law) Protected...
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    Scots property law governs the rules relating to property found in the legal jurisdiction of Scotland. In Scots law, the term 'property' does not solely...
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    A disposition in Scots law is a formal deed transferring ownership of corporeal heritable property. It acts as the conveyancing stage as the second of...
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    Accountant in Bankruptcy (category Scots law)
    Road, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Court of Session Diligence (Scots law) Reconstruction (law) Sequestration (law) Scheme of arrangement Institute of Chartered...
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    Possession in Scots law occurs when an individual physically holds property with the intent to use it. Possession is traditionally viewed as a state of...
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    Land registration in Scots law is a system of public registration of land, and associated real rights. Scotland has one of the oldest systems of land...
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  • John Somers (courtier) (category Court of Mary, Queen of Scots)
    joint keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Tutbury Castle with Ralph Sadler. Somers is said to have been Sadler's son-in-law. As a diplomat, Somers worked...
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  • Tort (redirect from Tort law)
    based on Roman Law principles. Tort law is referred to as the law of delict in Scots and Roman Dutch law, and resembles tort law in common law jurisdictions...
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  • Poinding (category Scots law legal terminology)
    In Scots law, poinding (/ˈpɪndɪŋ/) is that diligence whereby a debtor's property is carried directly to a creditor. This type of diligence has now been...
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    The missives of sale, in Scots property law, are a series of formal letters between the two parties, the Buyer and the Seller, containing the contract...
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  • personality. Hence, for example, in English law a partner is the agent of the other partners, whereas in Scots law "a [partnership] is a legal person distinct...
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  • Hypothec (redirect from Law of Hypothecs)
    opposition to the common-law chattel mortgage). In the mixed legal systems of some other countries (e.g. Scots law, South African law) it may cover any corporeal...
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  • Multiplepoinding (category Scots law legal terminology)
    "In Medio") Multiplepoinding literally means double diligence. Poinding is in Scots law a diligence whereby a debtor's property is carried directly to...
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    Act of God (category Tort law legal terminology)
    "insured peril" in an insurance policy. In Scots law, the equivalent term is damnum fatale, while most Common law proper legal systems use the term act of...
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    common law is better in every situation. For example, civil law can be clearer than case law when the legislature has had the foresight and diligence to address...
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    your excellence quhilk (which) is Gods law his word his testament trewlie translated with faithful diligence quhilk to accept with humble reverence the...
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  • deadly sins. They are often enumerated as chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility. The term "cardinal virtues" (virtutes...
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  • Conveyancing (category Real property law)
    secrecy. In many civil law countries, the real estate transfers are usually supervised by notaries who, after a due diligence verification, execute the...
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    Donoghue v Stevenson (category 1932 in case law)
    decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords. It laid the foundation of the modern law of negligence in common law jurisdictions...
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  • List of Latin legal terms (category Law-related lists)
    Latin, or anglicized Law Latin. A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V See also References External links Brocard (law) Byzantine law Code of Hammurabi...
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    Contract Law: Scots and South African Perspectives. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. Pothier, Robert Joseph (1806). A Treatise on the Law of Obligations...
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    of Scots to be sent there. Cavendish, knowing the formidable cost to his father in laws estate during his tenure as keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots between...
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    Eighteenth Century Scots Heraldic Negotiation" (PDF). www.rcpe.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2018. James Balfour Paul (1908). The Scots Peerage. D. Douglas...
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  • Thumbnail for Compulsory purchase laws in Scotland
    Scotland that were traditionally available to certain public bodies in Scots law. Scots law classifies compulsory purchase as an involuntary transfer of land...
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    Rylands v Fletcher (category English tort case law)
    bound to observe a higher degree of diligence to prevent injury to his neighbour". The use of Rylands in Scots law, which was started in Mackintosh, finally...
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    Duty of care (redirect from Duty (tort law))
    introduces new due diligence obligations. Criminal fines can be imposed for failure to report (but nor for breaches of international law). Because each of...
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    List of mottos (category Articles containing Scots-language text)
    Freedom) Braemar: Scots: Mak Siccar (Make sure) Clydebank: Labore et Scientia (By work and by knowledge) Dingwall: Salve corona Duns: Scots: Duns Dings Aw...
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  • A Satire of the Three Estates (category Articles containing Scots-language text)
    the Three Estates (Middle Scots: Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis), is a satirical morality play in Middle Scots, written by makar Sir David...
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