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The Community of the College of Justice: Edinburgh and the Court of Session, 1687 –1808

John Finlay

Print publication date: 2012

Print ISBN-13: 9780748645770

Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: January 2013

DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748645770.001.0001

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Writers to the Signet

Writers to the Signet

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(p.157) 6 Writers to the Signet
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The Community of the College of Justice
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John Finlay

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Edinburgh University Press
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748645770.003.0006

This chapter investigates the role of writers to the signet as College members. It distinguishes members of the Society of Writers to the Signet from ordinary writers, and examines the process of education and training for new writers to the signet. The key element of apprenticeship, hat this meant and how it was regulated, is discussed. The role of the working WS is examined. This includes not only consideration of the range of business in which they engaged but also discussion of their position as Scotland's main conveyancers and their role in conducting financial matters on behalf of clients.

Keywords:   Writers to the signet, WS Society, Apprentices, Legal education, Writers, Law agents

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