Magistrates and Town-Council of Burntisland
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Court of the Lord Lyon
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Regulates heraldry and the conduct of messengers-at-arms in Scotland. Headed by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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Lyon-court
Grenada Court of Chancery
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Held jurisdiction over matters of equity in Grenada. Presided over by the governor of the island.
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Edinburgh Evening Courant
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The last issue was published December 15, 1871.
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Edinburgh Courant
Court of the King's Bench
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A court of Common Law. In 1873 it was merged with the Courts of Common Pleas, Exchequer, and Chancery, creating the High Court of Justice.
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Bank of England
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Nationalized in 1946.
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Walpole & Ellison
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Thomas Walpole and Robert Ellison
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Carried out a protracted legal debate with the trustees of William Alexander & Sons over two Grenada plantations, over which they held a joint mortgage.
Cliff, Walpole, & Clarke
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Richard Walpole, George Clarke and Thomas Bourne
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Walpole, Clarke, & Co.; Walpole, Clarke and Bourne
Dunlop, Houston, & Co. (The Ship Bank)
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Robert Carrick and Alexander Morison
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Merged with the Glasgow Banking Company in 1836, creating the Glasgow and Ship Bank.
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Colin Dunlop, Alexander Houston & Company
