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Author:

Fletcher, Charles Jefferson, author.

Title:

Justice and society in the highlands of Scotland : Strathspey and the Regality of Grant (c. 1690-1748) / by Charles Fletcher.

Publisher:

Brill Nijhoff,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xviii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Manorial courts--Spey River Valley--Spey River Valley--History--17th century.
Manorial courts--Spey River Valley--Spey River Valley--History--18th century.
Justice, Administration of--Highlands--Highlands--17th century.
Justice, Administration of--Highlands--Highlands--18th century.
Grant (Regality)

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Edinburgh, 2020) issued under title: Justice and society in Strathspey: the Regality Court of Grant, c. 1690-1748. Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The Clan Grant and the Regality Court -- The Regality Court and its procedure -- Actions for debt -- Criminal jurisdiction -- Economic and social control -- The Regality Court and the landed estate -- Land tenure -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"The rationale of this book is to provide a systematic overview of the functions of a seigneurial jurisdiction in the Scottish Highlands prior to the Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1747. In doing so, a detailed picture of life in the Highlands during this period emerges from the sources. These sources are the five surviving court books left by the regality court of Grant. These begin in the year 1690 and end in 1729"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Legal history library, 1874-1793 ; volume 53
Studies in the history of international law ; volume 20

ISBN:

9004472517
9789004472518

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1263248396

LCCN:

2021036417

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)