National Archives

[ASGROOMBRIDGE]

Can anyone tell me what this means.

CountryCode GB
RepCode 234
Repository National Archives of Scotland
RefNo CS256/3056
Title Sarah R. McCulloch or Perrie v James M. Perrie: Declarator
Date 1927
Description Year of calling 1926: Reference No. of Transmission 118: Office D (Potts)
AccessStatus Open

What is year of calling. Is it Death or the Priesthood. I thought it was a divorce petition.

Thanks,
Audrey

[DavidWW]

.....snipped............ I thought it was a divorce petition.

Thanks,
Audrey

It is !!

But what exactly "calling" means in this legal context, I know not

David

[Tracey]

Just a thought ....could the divorce have been filed for in 1926 (year of calling ?) and granted in 1927 (declaration as in declared nul and void )?.

Tracey

[ASGROOMBRIDGE]

Thank you for that, my puzzle is that I am not even sure it is a Divorce.

Audrey

[AndrewP]

Hi Audrey,

My feeling is that this is not a divorce. If you look at the NAS online index at http://www.dswebhosting.info/nas/ and insert cs256/305* in the RefNo field, then search, this will bring up CS256/305 and CS256/3050 to CS256/3059. These are a mixture of types of case. I think the CS stands for Court of Session. The various cases are: damages, divorce, suspension & interdict, payment and declarator.

The Chambers Dictionary defines Declarator as "a form of action in the Court of Session, with the view of having a fact judicially ascertained and declared".

To speculate, could it be a contested paternity?

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

[ASGROOMBRIDGE]

Thank you Andrew,

I must admit it really is a puzzle, do you know if there is anyway to order a copy from the National Archives.

Audrey

[AndrewP]

Hi Audrey,

I would think the cost would depend on the amount of pages involved. It may be worth an e-mail to the enquiries address at NAS.

http://www.nas.gov.uk/contact/default.asp

In your question, ask if they can tell you the subject of the court action as well as the cost of copying and sending to you. That may help you judge if this is something you would like a copy of.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

[ASGROOMBRIDGE]

Thank you Andrew, will give it a try.

Audrey

[AnneM]

Hi

'Calling' in a legal context usually means the case coming up in court.

Given that it is a declarator I don't think it would be a divorce. It could be a declarator of marriage or a declarator of paternity of a child or more uinlikely a declartor of nullity of marriage. I hope you get a copy and let us know what in fact it is. Actually it could even be a declarator of death which bizarrely would I think be described a XvY, with Y being the probable deceased.

Anne

PS A declarator of nullity is not the same thing as a divorce.

[ASGROOMBRIDGE]

Thank you, Will let you know when I find out.

Audrey