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    Scots law (Scottish Gaelic: Lagh na h-Alba) is the legal system of Scotland. It is a hybrid or mixed legal system containing civil law and common law...
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    Scots property law governs the rules relating to property found in the legal jurisdiction of Scotland. As a hybrid legal system with both common law and...
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  • A freehold, in common law jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and twenty states in the United States, is the common mode...
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    Delict in Scots law is the area of law concerned with those civil wrongs which are actionable before the Scottish courts. The Scots use of the term 'delict'...
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  • The importance of corroboration is unique to Scots criminal law. A long-standing feature of Scots law, the requirement for corroborating evidence means...
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    Land registration in Scots law is a system of public registration of land, and associated real rights. Scotland has one of the oldest systems of land...
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    The history of Scots law traces the development of Scots law from its early beginnings as a number of different custom systems among Scotland's early...
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    Precognition in Scots law is the practice of precognoscing a witness, that is the taking of a factual statement from witnesses by both prosecution and...
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    Confidentiality and Privacy in Scots Law, (W. Green, 2010), at para.1.02 Elspeth C. Reid, Personality, Confidentiality and Privacy in Scots Law, (W. Green, 2010),...
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    reasons: English and Welsh law, Scots law, Northern Ireland law, and, since 2007, calls for a fourth type that of purely Welsh law as a result of Welsh devolution...
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