The Debtors (Scotland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 114), sometimes the Personal Diligence Act, was an
Act of Parliament
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in the
United Kingdom
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, signed into law on 16 August 1838. It amended the
law
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of
Scotland
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in matters relating to personal
diligence
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In students
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- the ways in which the person or property of a debtor could be secured - arrestments and poindings (pronounced pindings). The effect was to simplify the form of proceedings and reduce their expense.
References
*''The British almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1839''. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London, 1839.
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1838 in Scotland
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