Scottish law
Edinburgh's legal system
Scottish law is the legal system of Scotland, distinct from English law despite both existing within the United Kingdom.
It blends elements of civil law (Roman-influenced) and common law traditions, with its own courts, legal procedures, and terminology.
Verdicts in Scottish criminal trials include a third option beyond guilty and not guilty: not proven.
Major differences appear in property law, criminal procedure, and the treatment of contracts.
Public cause supporter
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
delict · defender · pursuer · notary · conveyancing · heritable · not proven · reset
Scottish seat of government
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- WestminsterLondon's political center
advocate
Public cause supporter
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
sequestration · delict · defender · pursuer · notary · conveyancing · heritable · not proven · reset · mobbing
Holyrood
Scottish seat of government
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
Westminster · decentralization · referendum · First Minister
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
Gaelic · heritage · kilt · chief · lands · rights · tenancy · crofting
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
- ScotlandGlasgow, Edinburgh, Highlands, whisky, bagpipes
- British lawEnglish law, barrister, solicitor, Crown Court, magistrates court
- legal historylegal history, medieval law, Roman law, Roman jurisprudence, common law
- civil lawproperty disputes, Napoleonic Code, litigation, damage claims, codification
- medieval lawMagna Carta, medieval justice, assize, writ, law codes
- Celtic lawBrehon law, legal texts, dire, lawgivers
Scottish lawEnglish common law
Precedent-based legal system
common law · civil law · Napoleonic Code · Roman law · canon law
laws, lawful, unlawful, lawmaker, lawmaking, Scotland, lawfully, Scottish, lawman