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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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PARLIAMENT HOUSE | continued | [continued from page 86] are now accommodated in apartments on the South & East sides. The hall is now used as a promenade during the sitting of the Court of Session. On the east side of the Hall are the Court rooms of the aforesaid court, the powers & jurisdiction of the Court of Session are so extensive as not to be exceeded by any tribunal in a free country, previous to 1808 all the judges sat in one chamber and then a litigant was said to have cause before "The fifteen" their number is now 13 who along with the advocates, the Writers to the Signet, the Solicitors &c. form the College of Justice and are exempt from several taxes and services imposed on the rest of the citizens. | ||
COURT OF SESSION | Court of Session Court of Session Court of Session |
Mr. Patterson Town Surveyor Mr. Blyth Mr Kerr ClerK |
[Situation] In the Parliamt [Parliament] Square The court of Session have undergone many changes and regulations by acts of Parliament from time to time. The court is now divided into two [Turner over] |
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[Page] 87Parish of the City of Edinburgh
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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Bizzy- Moderator, George Burgess
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