Scots civil law

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Scots civil law is the branch of Scotland’s mixed legal system that governs private law matters such as contracts, property, family, and obligations between individuals and organizations.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Family Law (Scotland) Acts 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Scots law
civil law
legal system
appliedBy Court of Session (in peerage matters)
surface form: Court of Session

Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases)
surface form: Justice of the Peace Courts (civil jurisdiction where applicable)

Sheriff courts of Scotland
surface form: Sheriff Courts

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
surface form: UK Supreme Court (on Scottish civil appeals)
contrastsWith Scots criminal law
country Scotland
governs commercial law
company law
consumer law
contract law
delict
employment law (civil aspects)
family law
law of obligations
obligations between individuals
obligations between individuals and organizations
obligations between organizations
private law matters
property law
reparation claims
succession law
trusts
unjustified enrichment
influencedBy English common law
Roman law
Canon law
surface form: canon law

civil law tradition
legalFamily mixed legal system
partOf Scots law (to a limited extent)
surface form: Scots law
primarySource Acts of the Scottish Parliament
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
surface form: Acts of the UK Parliament

EU retained law (where applicable in Scotland)
case law
common law
custom
regulatedBy Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts
Scots civil law self-linksurface differs
surface form: Family Law (Scotland) Acts

Land Registration (Scotland) Acts
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Acts
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003
usesConcept good faith (bona fides)
obligations ex contractu
obligations ex delicto
personal rights
real rights

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subject surface form: Scots law
Scots civil law regulatedBy Scots civil law self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Family Law (Scotland) Acts