Case Glossary
The Session Papers at the heart of SCOS are held by the University of Virginia Law Library and the Law Library of Congress. The UVA Law Library holds 58-linear feet of Session Papers preserved in archival boxes. Originally bound together in an unknown number of volumes, the majority of the Session Papers in the UVA Law Library's collection were disbound prior to their acquisition in the mid-1980s. Only a few volumes with their original bindings remain reasonably intact. By contrast, the Session Papers in the Law Library of Congress's collection remain bound together.
Advocates, lawyers, and even litigants filed printed Session Papers with the court as a lawsuit moved through the court system. Cases might consist of a single, short petition of just a few pages or include multiple Session Papers submitted over several years amounting to several hundred pages. Over time the lawyers, judges, and other parties who accumulated Session Papers in a particular case had them bound into a volume along with documents from other litigation. Many of these volumes survive intact in British and American libraries. Other Session Papers, like those in the UVA Law Library's collection, were largely separated into individual cases.
The case glossary presents each case as a distinct intellectual unit. It reflects the UVA collection's disbound nature and it provides convenient access to the documents associated with specific litigation. See "Session Papers and the British Atlantic World" for more information on court procedure and the production of Session Papers or "Session Papers by Repository" for a more detailed description of the collections in SCOS.
Browse List of Cases
| Case |
|---|
| Alexander Glen v. Major Thomas Dundas () |
| Alexander M'Laine, &c. v. Col. Murdoch M'Laine () |
| Alloa Brewery Company and Andrew Roy v. Thomas Thomson () |
| Andrew Steele v. William Walker and others () |
| Angus Sinclair v. James Hamilton of Aikenhead, Captain James Roberton, James Gilchrist, Alexander Stewart, and John Doug () |
| Alexander Blackwood v. John Cathcart () |
| Andrew Stirling v. John Geddes () |
| Alexander Macalister v. John Campbell and Others () |
| Alexander Cameron v. Colonel Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell () |
| Agnes Mabon v. David Walker and James Montgomery () |
| Alexander M'Lean v. The Officers of State () |
| Andrew Taylor v. Walter Brown () |
| Andrew Houston v. James Ferrier () |
| Alexander Marjoribanks v. James Black, Andrew Simson and Robert Menzies () |
| Alexander-Charles Maitland, & Others v. Dame Helen Maitland Gibson, & Spouse (1830) |
| Alexander Morrice v. George Burnet () |
| Arnott v. Campbell and Charles () |
| Alexander Wilson v. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh () |
| Andrew Archer v. John Law and John Stewart () |
| Archibald Fleming v. John M'Nair () |
| Alexander Dawson v. Charles Monro () |
| Archibald Macneil-Montgomery v. Roger Macneil of Taynish () |
| Alexander Anderson v. John Matheson () |
| Alexander Darling and Thomas Darling v. Robert Grieve () |
| Archibald Horne and Others v. James Adamson () |
| Alexander Anderson v. John Burnet () |
| Andrew Machen and Company v. Carron Company () |
| Alexander Macgregor, Andrew Hosie and Robert Thomson junior v. David and James Laurie () |
| Alexander Izat v. Marshall & Hutchison () |
| Andrew Livingstone v. Thomas Newall () |
| Alexander Campbell v. Colin Arrott () |
| Archibald Lord Douglas and Others v. Provost and Magistrates of Dundee () |
| Aitken, Macindoe and Company v. James Sutherland () |
| Andrew Russell v. Thomas Rae () |
| A. and J. Craig v. Robert Montgomerie () |
| Alexander Baird v. John Baillie () |
| Alexander Baird & Others v. George Sinclair () |
| Alexander Craig v. William Bell and Thomas Bell, Executors of George Bell () |
| Andrew Cathcart v. Charles Dempster and Son () |
| Alexander Buik and Others, Trustees of the deceased John Ramsay v. John Kennedy () |
| Ann Gordon or Ross v. Catherine Hawkins and Others () |
| Archibald Speirs v. John How () |
| Alexander Stewart v. William Lawrie () |
| Andrew Millar and others v. Gavin Hamilton, John Balfour, Andrew Stalker and others () |
| Andrew Chalmer v. James Pringle () |
