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Roman Dutch Commons law is a bijuridical or mixed system of law similar to the common law system in Scotland and Louisiana.

An invasion of Caledonia led by Severus and probably numbering around 20, 000 troops moved north in 208 or 209, crossing the Wall and passing through eastern Scotland on a route similar to that used by Agricola.

It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next.

In Scotland and many countries throughout the world, particularly in mainland Europe, civil law means that judges take case law into account in a similar way, but are not obliged to do so and are required to consider the precedent in terms of principle.

However, senior politicians of all main parties have voiced concerns in regard to the West Lothian Question, which is raised where certain policies for England are set by MPs from all four constituent nations whereas similar policies for Scotland or Wales might be decided in the devolved assemblies by legislators from those countries alone.

The main purpose of this administration was to deliver Ireland a reform which would give them a devolved assembly, similar to that which has been enjoyed by Scotland and Wales since 1997.

Modern local government in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and a large part of England is based on the concept of smaller unitary authorities ( a system similar to that which the Redcliffe – Maud Report proposed for most of Britain in the 1960s ).

It has a cultural significance, symbolising the separation between the two, similar to the symbolism of Hadrian's Wall between England and Scotland in the Scottish Marches.

A separate but similar document, the Claim of Right Act, applies in Scotland.

The enclosures that depopulated rural England in the British Agricultural Revolution started during the Middle Ages, and similar developments in Scotland have lately been called the Lowland Clearances.

However, the 1964 resolution had not actually contained such a statement ; it had only declared bourbon to be a distinctive product identifiable with the United States ( in a similar way that Scotch is considered identifiable with Scotland ).

The Dukedom of Albany served a function similar to the Dukedom of York in Scotland.

The Parliament or Estates of Scotland took similar action, and William and Mary were declared monarchs of all three realms.

One was from his daughter Joan, Llywelyn's wife, the other from William I of Scotland, and both warned him in similar terms that if he invaded Wales his magnates would seize the opportunity to kill him or hand him over to his enemies.

* The Bill of Rights ( 1689 ; England ) declared that Englishmen, as embodied by Parliament, possess certain civil and political rights ; the Claim of Right ( 1689 ; Scotland ) was similar but distinct.

Lucas wrote a film treatment that included a haunted castle in Scotland, but Spielberg felt it was too similar to Poltergeist.

The oldest association in the United Kingdom similar to the YMCA was founded in Scotland in 1824 as Glasgow Young Men's Society for Religious Improvement.

The success in obstructing the law in Scotland led Gordon to believe he could enjoy similar success in the rest of Britain.

In Scotland, the legal profession is divided between solicitors and advocates, the distinction being similar to that between solicitors and barristers in England and Wales, though Scottish solicitors have traditionally represented their clients in the lower courts ( such as the Sheriff Court and the District Court ), only being excluded from the High Court of Justiciary and the Court of Session.

The first bagpipes to be well-attested to for Ireland were similar, if not identical, to the Highland pipes that are now played in Scotland.

Strabane also has a flute band, The Strabane Memorial Flute Band, which attends Irish republican parades and similar events throughout Ireland, Scotland and the USA.

The following is a selection of other bodies of water in Scotland which are similar to various firths, but which are not termed such -

As an arm of the Scottish Government, Historic Scotland has similar functions to its counterparts in other parts of the United Kingdom:

At the side of the broad shady road called Rotten Row, leading from the West Lodge to Bailiffgate, a tablet of stone marks the spot where William the Lion of Scotland was captured in 1174, during the second Battle of Alnwick by a party of about four hundred mounted knights, led by Ranulf de Glanvill ; and there are many others of similar interest.

After hiding the greater part of the stone with travellers in Kent for a few days, they risked the road blocks on the border and returned to Scotland with this piece, which they had hidden in the back of a borrowed car, along with a new accomplice John Josselyn.

These were designated as such under the National Parks ( Scotland ) Act 2000 which was an early piece of legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament not long after its creation in 1999.

Louis died very young, but Francis wrote letters to his mother in Scotland ; on 22 March 1545 he sent a piece of string to show how tall he was, and on 2 July 1546 he sent her his portrait.

It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.

In the 13th century, French flourished as a literary language, and produced the Roman de Fergus, the earliest piece of non-Celtic vernacular literature to survive from Scotland.

The Roman de Fergus was the earliest piece of non-Celtic vernacular literature to come from Scotland.

As Minister, Stevenson piloted the SNP Government's first Bill, Abolition of Bridge Tolls ( Scotland ) Bill, to the statute book on 24 January 2008. and when he signed The Port of Cairnryan Harbour Empowerment Order 2007 he became the first SNP Minister to sign a piece of legislation.

In northern Scotland, before the 19th century, bannocks were cooked on a Bannock Stane ( Scots for stone ), a large, flat, rounded piece of sandstone, placed directly onto a fire, then used as a cooking surface.

The Protestant Reformer, John Knox, was buried in the old kirkyard, now a car park for the High Court of Scotland, where the place is marked by small piece of coloured tarmac which bears no reference to Knox.

In Scotland today, the word is used less than in Northern Ireland, but a farl can be a quarter piece of a large flat scone, bannock, or oatcake.

Bishop Forbes also described him as follows, " He is a very smart, acute man, remarkably well skilled in the Erse, for he can both read and write the Irish language in its original character, a piece of knowledge almost quite lost in the Highlands of Scotland, there being exceedingly few that have any skills at all that way.

* No butts, it's our liberty that's going up in smoke Scotland on Sunday opinion piece on the effects of Scotland's smoking ban

The Roman de Fergus, as it happens, is the earliest piece of non-Celtic vernacular literature to emerge from Scotland.

However, Scotland on Sunday responded in a piece placing Chalk in the context of other television shows about schools: " where such dramas fall down is not in shirking some contrived social responsibility but in their playing up to so many daft myths about the teaching profession.

When Freedom was first unveiled, the critics labelled it the biggest piece of iconic art to come out of Scotland in the 20th century.

In 2007, Kilmartin Glen was the setting for Half Life, a piece of landscape art and performance created by the Scottish theatre company NVA in collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland .< sup ></ sup >

A bacon sandwich ( also known in the United Kingdom, and New Zealand as a bacon butty or bacon sarnie, rasher sandwich in Ireland, and as a bacon sanger or piece ' n bacon in Scotland ) is a sandwich of cooked bacon and butter, often including ketchup or brown sauce, and usually served hot.

Ballboy are a four piece indie band from Edinburgh, Scotland.

The floor tiles were imported from Scotland and the altar was cut from a single piece of rock that was transported from Tiruchirappalli.

In construction, a nogging ( England, Australia ), dwang ( Scotland ), blocking ( North America ), or nog ( New Zealand ), is a horizontal bracing piece used between wall studs or floor joists to give rigidity to the wall or floor frames of a building.

: He ( Edward ) appropriated the most valuable and potent symbols of Welsh princely independence-Llywelyn's coronet, the matrix of his seal, the jewels and crown of Arthur, and above all the most cherished relic in Wales, the piece of the true cross known as Y Groes Naid ( just as he removed the Stone of Scone from Scotland in 1296 ).

In Scotland, before the 19th century, bannocks were cooked on a bannock stane ( Scots for stone ), a large, flat, rounded piece of sandstone, placed directly onto a fire, then used as a cooking surface.