This document was identified in the bound volume Vol 239 1806 09. It is published as found — its association with a specific case is still being established by our catalogers.
Abstract
Sheriff-depute of Elgin-shire enacts rules to curb procedural abuses: agent restrictions, petition hours, fee mandates, and strict reporting with forfeitures or case dismissal for non-compliance.
Appendix (from p. 3)
- Order by George Abercromby regarding the inventory and marking of process papers (1803).
- Order by George Fenton regarding the delivery of processes to prevailing agents (30 January 1807).
- List of causes conducted by Mr. Thomson before the Sheriff of Elgin, the Commissary, and the Commissary of Edinburgh (1801-1805).