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Andrew Hope, & Others v. The Magistrates & Town Council of Selkirk — Note, 26 Dec 1827

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Petitioners seek application of jury verdict on four issues concerning freeman qualifications, voting rights, leet alteration, and casting vote usage in Selkirk Hammermen incorporation.

Andrew Hope, and Others v. The Magistrates and Town Council of Selkirk — 29 May 1826

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Petitioners Andrew Hope and others challenge magistrates and town council of Selkirk, with authenticated additional record filed in petition and complaint.

No. III. NOTE OF PLEAS IN LAW for Thomas ANDERSON and James ROBERTSON, Bailies, Thomas MITCHELL, Dean of Guild, and others, Councillors of the Burgh of Selkirk, in the PETITION and

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Petitioners challenge legality of deacon election and freemen admissions by Selkirk hammermen incorporation, asserting procedural violations and improper use of leet votes.

Andrew Hope and Others v. Thomas Anderson and Others — 4 Mar 1826

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Respondents defend election procedures and admission of freemen in Selkirk Hammermen Incorporation, challenging claims of illegality and procedural irregularity.

John Gordon v. Earl of Fife & Others — Respondents' Case, 14 Dec 1826 [2]

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Respondents' Case of the Earl of Fife and others, arguing that the claimant's title is invalid due to disconformity between the sasine and the assignation in the crown-charter.

Alexander Gordon v. James, Earl of Fife — Respondents' Case

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Respondents' Case in the petition and complaint of Alexander Gordon, Esq., maintaining that enrolment as a freeholder requires consistent titles and that nominal titles created for political influence are invalid.

Earl of Fife and Others v. Alexander Gordon — Complainers' Case, 14 Dec 1826

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Complainers' Case of Alexander Gordon, Esq. asserting his right to the lands and tenements described in the sasine and disposition, despite objections to charter and tenure.

Alexander Gordon v. James, Earl of Fife and Others — Respondents' Case

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Respondents' Case maintaining that enrolment requires consistency in legal instruments and that nominal titles created for political influence are invalid

Petition and Complaint — & Comp.—Alexander Gordon, Esq. against the Earl of Fife & Others

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Petition and Complaint of Alexander Gordon, Esq. asking the Court to overturn the Freeholders' rejection of his claim to enrolment as a Freeholder in Banff, based on disputed land titles and alleged misinterpretation of sasine instruments.

Sir Francis Walker Drummond v. James Farie and Robert Graham — Respondents' Case, 8 Feb 1830

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Respondents' Case of Sir Francis Walker Drummond, asserting his entitlement to enrolment based on crown charter, infeftment, and long-standing cess-book entries.

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