Stair, James Dalrymple, Viscount of, 1619-1695

found: His The institutions of the law of Scotland, c1981:t.p. (James, Viscount of Stair)

found: Stair, James Dalrymple, Viscount of. The institutions of the law of Scotland, 1693:title page (The institutions of the law of Scotland, deduced from its originals, and collated with the civil, canon and feudal laws, and with the customs of neighbouring nations in IV. book by James Viscount of Stair, Lord President of the Session)

found: Wikipedia, viewed December 6, 2022:(James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair; May 1619-29 November 1695; Scottish lawyer and statesman, influence on the Scottish Enlightenment; born at Drummurchie, Barr, Ayrshire; schooled at Mauchline and the University of Glasgow where he earned a degree in the arts; served in the Earl of Glencairn's regiment; elected to a regency, or professorship, at the University of Glasgow in 1641 where he taught mathematics, logic, ethics, and politics; resigned in 1648 and went to Edinburgh where he was admitted to the bar; in 1657 appointed a Commissioner for the Administration of Justice in Scotland; nominated to the Court of Session in 1661; appointed Lord President of the Court of Session in 1671; in 1672 returned to parliament for Wigtownshire; retired in 1681 due to the Test Act; published The institutions of the law of Scotland in 1681; went to Leiden in 1684 to escape the threat of prosecution after his wife was charged with attending conventicles; published Decisions of the Court of Session between 1666 and 1671 and a treatise on natural philosophy; returned to Court of Session after ascension of William of Orange; died on 29 November 1695 in Edinburgh) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dalrymple,_1st_Viscount_of_Stair