Debts Securities (Scotland) Act 1856
1 Effect of arrestments executed as in the hands of persons out of Scotland.
2 Court of Session may regulate judicial sales of estates. Sales may precede ranking.
3 What proof of insolvency necessary for sales.
4 Decree of sale to be held as a general decree of adjudication.
5 Different creditors may be joined in one adjudication.
6 Mode of rendering an adjudication effectual.
7 Securities for cash accounts or credits.

Debts Securities (Scotland) Act 1856

1856 c.91

An Act to amend and re-enact certain Provisions of an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of King George the Third, relating to Judicial Procedure and Securities for Debts in Scotland.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Short title “The Debts Securities (Scotland) Act 1856” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

C2

Preamble and other words omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)

C3

Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)