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Peter Halkerston

A Scottish lawyer turned legal writer, he was known for making complex traditions and old institutions easier to understand. His work ranged from practical law books to detailed writing on Holyrood Abbey and its history.

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A collection of Latin maxims & rules, in law and equity : selected from the most eminent authors, on the civil, canon, feudal, English and Scots law, with an English translation, and an appendix of reference to the authorities from which the maxims are selected

A collection of Latin maxims & rules, in law and equity : selected from the most eminent authors, on the civil, canon, feudal, English and Scots law, with an English translation, and an appendix of reference to the authorities from which the maxims are selected

by Peter Halkerston

About the author

Peter Halkerston was a Scottish lawyer and writer who died around 1833. He received a university education, earned an M.A., and became a member of the Society of Solicitors to the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He also served for ten years as one of the society’s examiners and for an even longer period as its librarian.

Alongside his legal career, he wrote books that aimed to organize and explain difficult material clearly. His works included legal reference books such as A Collection of Latin Maxims and Rules, in Law and Equity and A Compendium or General Abridgment of the Faculty Collection of Decisions.

He also developed a reputation as an authority on Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. That mix of practical law, historical interest, and careful scholarship gives his writing a distinctive place in early 19th-century Scottish nonfiction.