Patrick Shaw (18 June 1796''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' – 12 February 1872) was a Scottish lawyer and legal writer.

Life

The grave of Patrick Shaw, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

Born at

Ayr Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Subdivisions of Scotland, council area and the historic Shires of Scotlan ...

, he was the son of Charles Shaw, clerk of

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

, and his wife, Barbara Wright, and grandson of Very Rev David Shaw, D.D.,

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland, minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week i ...

. Alexander Shaw, Sir Charles Shaw, and John Shaw (1792–1827) were his brothers. In boyhood, he lost his leg through an accident. In 1819, Shaw was called to the

Scottish bar The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary. The Faculty of Advocates is a constitu ...

. He lived at 62 Frederick Street in

Edinburgh's New Town The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original neo-classical and Georgian period architecture. Its best known street is Princes Street ...

. In 1848 he was appointed sheriff of chancery, and he held the post till 1869, when he resigned in failing health. He was then living at 40

Heriot Row Heriot Row is a highly prestigious street in central Edinburgh, virtually unchanged since its original construction in 1802. From its inception to the present day in remained a top address in the city and has housed the rich and famous of the cit ...

.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1850 He died at 36

Charlotte Square 300px, Robert Adam's palace-fronted north side Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended ...

, Edinburgh, on 12 February 1872. He is buried in

Dean Cemetery The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on ...

in western Edinburgh. The table form grave lies in the first northern extension set back from one of the western paths.

Family

In 1860 he married Susannah Khanim Fullarton (1820-1902), fourth daughter of William Fullarton of Skeldon in

Works

In 1821 Shaw started with his friend James Ballantine, and later with Alexander Dunlop, a series of reports of the decisions in the

court of session The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland and constitutes part of the College of Justice; the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary. The Court of Session sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh ...

. In 1824 he began a similar series of reports of decisions in the House of Lords on appeal from the Scottish courts. Shaw also published supplementary digests of the decisions. His works were: * ''Cases decided in the Court of Session'', Edinburgh, 1821–1827, 5 vols.; new edition with notes, 1834, continued to 1838, vols. vi.–xvi., 1838–52. * ''Cases decided in the House of Lords on Appeal from the Courts of Scotland'', 1821–4, 2 vols., 1824–6; from 1825 to 1834, 7 vols., 1829–39; from 1835 to 1838, 3 vols., 1836–9. * ''Cases decided in the Court of Teinds from 1821 to 1831'', Edinburgh, 1831. * ''Digests of Cases decided in the Courts of Session, Teinds, and Judiciary, and in the House of Lords from 1821 to 1833, and in the Jury Courts from 1815 to 1833'', Edinburgh, 1834; from 1832 to 1837, 2 vols. 1838. * ''Digest of Cases decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland from 1800 to 1842'', 2 vols. 1843–4; from 1842 to 1852, 1852; new edition, 1868–9. * ''Forms of Process in the House of Lords, Court of Session, Privy Court, Court of Teinds, and Sheriff Court'', Edinburgh, 1843, 2 vols. * ''Treatise on the Law of Obligation and Contracts in Scotland'', 1847. * ''Principles of the Law of Scotland'', in Lord Stair's ''Institutions'', Edinburgh, 1863. Shaw also edited the sixth edition of

George Joseph Bell George Joseph Bell (26 March 177023 September 1843) was a Scottish advocate and legal scholar. From 1822 to 1843 he was Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh. He was succeeded by John Shank More. Early life George Bell was born ...

's ''Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland'', Edinburgh, 1858, and the fifth edition of Bell's ''Principles of the Law of Scotland'', Edinburgh, 1860.

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Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Patrick 1796 births 1872 deaths Scottish lawyers Scottish legal writers People from Ayr Scottish amputees