deaccession
the process of permanently removing accessioned items.
Your Scottish Archives Glossary
The Your Scottish Archives Glossary defines archaic words and phrases, mostly Scots law terminology, commonly found in documents and records in Scotland’s archives. If you think a word or phrase should be added to the glossary, or an existing entry could be defined better, please contact us at your@scottisharchives.org.uk.
You can also use the Dictionary of the Scots Language as a further resource at https://dsl.ac.uk/ for Scots words and phrases (including legal terminology).
To find a term within the glossary, click on the initial letter of the word you are looking for, then select the relevant syllable segment displayed below.
Example: to find the term “roup” select section “R” then sub-section “Ro”
dead’s part, deid’s part
the part of someone’s moveable estate which they are entitled to dispose of by testament after death; see bairn’s part and jus relictae, which are the other parts.
dean of guild
the head of the guildry in a royal burgh, later also a magistrate in a police burgh (including royal burghs) with responsibility for building control until local government re-organisation in 1975 (see Knowledge Base for more details)