Diligence (Scots law)

Diligence in Scots Law is a process; an execution.

The term has several usages in legal proceedings involving creditors and debtors:

The definition was taken from the source. [1]

Additional explanations

The Debtors (Scotland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 114) amended Scots law relating to Diligence Against the Person.

Sources and references

  1. Shumaker, Walter A.; George Foster Longsdorf (1922). The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary (Second Edition by James C. Cahill ed.). Chicago: Callaghan and Company.

See also

Poinding

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