the judgement in a civil action, where the court decides in favour of the defender or absolves them from the outcome of a legal action (assoilzies).

clothing, or garments.

enabling users to find information by: (1) providing physical access so that archives can be read in person, with appropriate assistance for people with visual impairment or physical disabilities; and/or (2) providing intellectual access through catalogues, finding aids or other resources so that relevant archives can be identified and requested by users; and/or (3) providing clear information about access restrictions and the reasons for those restrictions (such as data protection legislation or the fragility of the original)

a reproduction of an original item produced for users, which (1) protects the original from damage or loss; and/or (2) provides a lower-quality, smaller version of a digital item which is easier to send across networks.

a unit of records received from one source at one time, which are formally accepted into the holdings of an archive service. Typically, this provides initial control before records are processed and catalogued.

a summary list of accessions, recorded at the time they are accepted.

records added to an existing series or collection in an archive service, such as regular annual additions of a series of minutes or irregular additions of photographs, programmes and designs for a collection from an amateur drama club.

the process of accepting records into an archive service by donation, deposit, purchase or transfer.

a Scottish unit of area, corresponding to the size of a ploughed field (probably from the Anglo-Saxon word acer or aecer, meaning a ‘field’). See also the unit of area rood.

The Scottish units of area were abolished in 1824 and replaced by imperial measures based on the yard.

Latin for ‘acts and decreets’ (laws and decisions), but also used in the National Records of Scotland as specifically the acts and decreets of the Privy Council.

Latin for ‘Acts of the Lords of Council’, which are the records of the king’s council acting as a court of law (before the Court of Session started) 

procedural regulations made by the High Court of Justiciary in virtue of statutory power.

procedural rules made by the judges of the Court of Session in virtue of statutory power.

or ‘adjudication for debt’, the legal action by which a debtor’s property was passed to his creditors.  Adjudication in implement on the other hand, is a decision by a court to implement a defective title to land.

supporting or corroborative evidence.

the right of the husband, abolished in 1920, to manage the heritable property of his wife: his consent was required for her legal actions.

a narrative of the history of an organisation that provides context to its records. This should include the type of organisation (local authority, business etc), dates of foundation, changes in legal status and a summary of its main functions or purposes, with any changes. A term often found in descriptions within an archival catalogue.

the role of a father in relationship to his minor children; or a mother when the father was deceased.

or advocation is the right of a patron to present a person to a role in the church with an associated revenue, known as a church living or benefice.

persons related through the father.