Scottish Estates

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The Scottish Estates were the pre-1707 representative assembly of the Kingdom of Scotland, comprising clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners who advised the monarch and approved legislation and taxation.

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Scottish Estates canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary body
representative assembly
alsoKnownAs Estates of Parliament
Three Estates of Scotland
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
category Defunct legislatures
Parliament of Scotland
surface form: History of the Scottish Parliament
composedOf burgh commissioners
clergy
nobility
country Kingdom of Scotland
countryOfOrigin Scotland
dissolutionCause Acts of Union 1707
dissolvedOnOrAfter 1707
function advised the monarch
approved legislation
approved taxation
governs realm of Scotland
hasAuthorityOver statute law in Scotland
taxation in Scotland
hasPart Three Estates
surface form: First Estate

Second Estate
Third Estate
hasRole forum for consent to royal policy
representation of estates of the realm
historicalPeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
languageUsed Latin
Scots
legalStatus unicameral legislature
legislativeBodyFor Kingdom of Scotland
location Edinburgh
meetsIn Parliament House, Edinburgh
originatesFrom medieval council of the realm
partOf constitutional history of Scotland
politicalSystem monarchy
relatedTo Acts of Union 1707
Parliament of Scotland
replacedBy Parliament of Great Britain
subordinateTo Scottish monarch
temporalCoverage pre-1707

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Parliament of Scotland precededBy Scottish Estates
Three Estates alsoKnownAs Scottish Estates