Register of Acts and Decreets

[alison300]

Can anyone tell me what a Register of Acts and Decreets is? 

I've come across a record on Ancestry which takes me to another pay-per-view site.

It's regarding a man called Lieutenant Alexander Barneston (Burniston). The Decree date is 26 February 1826 and also says:

Decreet, John George Boeme and Mandatories V Lieut Alexander Barneston Or Barnetson

[KGarrad]

At a guess, I would say it's to do with divorce?

[alison300]

Oh that's interesting; I wasn't expecting that.  Thank you.

[eilthireach]

Decreet is a term in Scots law, meaning judgement of a court, a decree........
The item you are interested in can be viewed at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/search.aspx) - enter search term Barneston and dates 1826 to 1826:

Reference   Title   Date
CS44   Court of Session Extracted Processes   1821-1829
Country code    GB
Repository code    234
Repository    National Records of Scotland
Reference    CS44/96/62
Title    Decreet, John George Boeme and mandatories v Lieut Alexander Barneston or Barnetson
Dates    1826
Access status    Open
Location    Off site
Description    Clerk's mark: BDP. Date of decree: 8 Feb 1826
Level    File
Related material    CS43/96
   
If you cannot visit NRS, you maight be able to order a  copy from them. Failing that, perhaps you could find someone who can visit NRS and view the record and transcribe it .....


Mandatory, a term in Scots law. The online Dictionaries of the Scots language (https://dsl.ac.uk) give the meaning as: I. n. Sc. legal usage, from Civil Law: a contract by which one person agrees to act (strictly gratuitously) as agent for another in the management of his affairs, or in conducting some special business (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 54). Hence mandatory, -ary, one to whom a mandate is given; mandant, mandatar, -or.

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The will and inventory of the late Lieutenant Alexander Barnetson can be viewed online on https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Barnetson
   
Alexander
   
11 / 12 / 1861
   
Lieutenant, residing at No.26 Clarence Street in Edinburgh
   
Inventory
   
Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories
   
SC70/1/110
   

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Barnetson
   
Alexander
   
11 / 12 / 1861
   
Lieutenant, resided in Edinburgh husband of Benjamina Paterson

   
   
 

[GR2]

There is a notice in a London paper (The Courier) of 22-3-1828 to the creditors of "John George Boeme, late of Conduit-street, Bond-street, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in the county of Middlesex, tailor, deceased (who died on or about the month of March, 1826)."

Perhaps Alexander was being pursued by Boeme's estate for his tailor's bill. Alexander Barnetson is mentioned a number of times in the newspapers, mostly references to his military promotions etc.

[alison300]

Thank you GR2 and Eilthireach - this is great and I will try and order/view it this week. 

[Alb R]

I will be going there next week, so if you want I can get a copy for you. CS43/96 is the decree which is simply a copy of the final decision, but CS44/96/62 is the original case papers of the process although sometimes not everything is present if parts were borrowed.
As someone already mentioned, he is probably being chased up to pay the money owed to the now deceased tailor.

[alison300]

Thanks Alb R - if it's not too much trouble I'd love a copy but please only if you have time.