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91Henry Home Kames — (* 1696 in Berwickshire; † 27. Dezember 1782), späterer Lord Kames, war ein schottischer Jurist und Philosoph. Kames wurde 1724 bei Gericht zugelassen und 1752 zum Richter des schottischen Zivilgerichtshofs (Court of Session) sowie 1763 zum Lord… …
92Schottland [1] — Schottland, 1) früher ein selbständiges Königreich, jetzt die nördliche Hälfte des vereinigten Königreichs Großbritannien; grenzt südlich u. südwestlich in einer von der Mündung des Tweed bis zu der des Est gezogenen Linie an England (von diesem… …
93Scottish law — ➡ note at legal system. * * * Legal practices and institutions of Scotland. When the English and Scottish parliaments were joined in 1707, the legal systems of the two countries were very dissimilar. Scotland had supplemented its customary law… …
94justiciar — justiciarship, n. /ju stish ee euhr/, n. 1. a high judicial officer in medieval England. 2. the chief political and judicial officer in England from the reign of William I to that of Henry III. 3. justiciary (def. 2). [1475 85; < ML justiciarius… …
95Scotland — /skot leuhnd/, n. a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 5,205,000; 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Cap.: Edinburgh. * * * I Northernmost country of the United Kingdom. Area: 30,421 sq mi (78,789 sq km). Population… …
96United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
97Scottish criminal law — Scots Criminal Law governs the rules of criminal law in Scotland. Scottish criminal law relies far more heavily on common law than in England and Wales. Scottish criminal law includes offences against the person of murder, culpable homicide, rape …
98David Erskine, Lord Dun — (1670–1758), was a Scottish judge and MP. Erskine, son of David Erskine of Dun, near Montrose, Forfarshire, studied at the universities of St. Andrews and of Paris. He became a member of the Scottish bar on 19 November 1698, and soon rose to… …
99Malcolm Webster (murderer) — Malcolm John Webster (born c. 1958) is an English man convicted of the murder of his first wife in Scotland in 1994 and the attempted murder of his second wife. Both cases involved staged car crashes, and were carried out for the life insurance… …
100Mobbing (Scots law) — For mobbing in relation to bullying behaviour see Mobbing Scots law This article is part of the series: Law of Scotland …
