Writer to the Signet
Writer to the Signet a member of the oldest society of SOLICITORS in Scotland. Members utilise the initials WS after their names. Some firms use an alternative appellation, CS (Clerk to the Signet). The signet in this context is the royal seal. Actions raised in the Court of Session had to pass the signet and hence members of the society were involved in the early stages of litigation. Now there is no spe-
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cial procedure in initiating an action and no real need for a separate society.
- forum non conveniens
- Foss v. Harbottle, rule in
- Four Courts
- Four Freedoms
- franchise
- fraud
- fraudulent preference
- fraudulent trading
- free acceptance
- freedom of assembly
- freedom of establishment
- freehold
- freeing for adoption
- free movement of capital
- free movement of goods
- free movement of payments
- free movement of persons
- free movement of services
- freight
- frustration
- fuel, feal and divot
- functus officio
- fundamental law
- funds flow statement
- funerator