Japp is an Inspector from Scotland Yard and appears in many of the stories trying to solve the cases Poirot is working on.

After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.

Scott then built additions to the house and made it into a mansion, building into the walls many sculptured stones from ruined castles and abbeys of Scotland.

Alexander has been the name of many rulers, including kings of Macedon, kings of Scotland, emperors of Russia and popes.

The Act of Settlement was, in many ways, the major cause of the union of Scotland with England and Wales to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Other such breast mountains are Mount Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border, Beinn Chìochan and the Maiden Paps in Scotland, the " Bundok ng Susong Dalaga " ( Maiden's breast mountains ) in Talim Island, Philippines, the twin hills known as the Paps of Anu ( Dá Chích Anann or the breasts of Anu ), near Killarney in Ireland, the 2, 086 m high Tetica de Bacares or " La Tetica " in the Sierra de Los Filabres, Spain, and Khao Nom Sao in Thailand, Cerro Las Tetas in Puerto Rico and the Breasts of Aphrodite in Mykonos, among many others.

Caithness, Sutherland and the Northern Isles have the densest concentrations, but there are also a great many examples in the west of Scotland and the Hebrides.

The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, federal law in the United States and the law of individual U. S. states ( except Louisiana ), federal law throughout Canada and the law of the individual provinces and territories ( except Quebec ), Australia ( both federal and individual states ), Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Granadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries ( except Scotland, which is bijuridicial, and Malta ).

Columba suggested that he would work as a missionary in Scotland to help convert as many people as had been killed in the battle.

A " democratic myth " emerged in the 19th century to the effect that many a " lad of pairts " had been able to rise up through the system to take high office and that literacy was much more widespread in Scotland than in neighbouring states, particularly England.

Thanks to its many entrepreneurs and engineers, and its large stock of easily mined coal, Scotland became a world centre for engineering, shipbuilding, and locomotive construction, with steel replacing iron after 1870.

By the 21st century, there would be about as many people who were Scotch Canadians and Scottish Americans as the 5 million remaining in Scotland.

In England, clergy performed many clandestine marriages, such as so-called Fleet Marriage, which were held legally valid ; and in Scotland, unsolemnized common-law marriage was still valid.

Companies such as Hawick Cashmere, Hawick Knitwear, Johnstons of Elgin, Lyle & Scott, Peter Scott, Pringle of Scotland, and Scott and Charters, all have had and in many cases still have manufacturing plants in Hawick, producing some of the most luxurious cashmere and merino wool knitwear in the world today.

For many years, a staple of New Year's Eve television programming in Scotland was the comedy sketch show Scotch and Wry featuring the comedian Rikki Fulton, which invariably included a hilarious monologue from him as the preternaturally-gloomy Reverend I. M.

He is also descended from many of the pre-Union monarchs of Scotland and the pre-Conquest monarchs of England.

They differ from the other cycles in the strength of their links with the Irish-speaking community in Scotland and there are many extant Fenian texts from that country.

As such many of these islands fell under Norwegian and Ui Imair hegemony between the 9th and 13th centuries and this Norse influence would see almost constant warfare on the western seaboard of Scotland until the partitioning of the Hebrides in 1156.

The latter move was particularly contentious, causing many, especially in the south-west of Scotland, to abandon the official church, attending illegal field assemblies known as conventicles in preference.

A couple jumping the broom. Jumping the broom is a phrase and custom relating to wedding ceremonies in different cultural traditions, found in " many diverse cultures, those of Africa − Europe including Scotland, Hungary and Gypsy culture ", all of which " include brooms at wedding rituals.

Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland.

Malcolm's main achievement is to have continued a line which would rule Scotland for many years, although his role as " founder of a dynasty " has more to do with the propaganda of his youngest son David, and his descendants, than with any historical reality.

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.

He visited England as well as Scotland, underwent many perils and vicissitudes in both countries, and left a valuable account of each.

The Trust was funded by a gift of $ 10 million ( a then unprecedented sum: at the time, total government assistance to all four Scottish universities was about £ 50, 000 a year ) and its aim was to improve and extend the opportunities for scientific research in the Scottish universities and to enable the deserving and qualified youth of Scotland to attend a university.

By the 18th century there were five universities in Scotland, at Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews and King's and Marischial Colleges in Aberdeen, compared with only two in England.

It helped the universities to become major centres of medical education and to put Scotland at the forefront of Enlightenment thinking.

English universities increased the numbers of students registered between 1924 and 1927 by 19 per cent, but in Scotland the numbers fell, particularly among women.

In the same period, while expenditure in English universities rose by 90 per cent, in Scotland the increase was less than a third of that figure.

In 1596 he drew up a confession of their faith, reissued in Latin in 1598 and dedicated to the various universities of Europe ( including St Andrews, Scotland ).

Glasgow has departments of Law, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Dentistry — a position that is unique amongst the other universities in Scotland.

Unlike other universities in Scotland, Glasgow does not have a single students ' association ; instead, there exist a number of bodies concerned with the representation, welfare and entertainment of students.

In common with the other ancient universities of Scotland, students at Glasgow also elect a Rector.

University constituencies originated in Scotland, where the representatives of the ancient universities of Scotland sat in the unicameral Estates of Parliament.

The post ( officially Lord Rector, but by normal usage just Rector ) was made an integral part of these universities by the Universities ( Scotland ) Act 1889.

This increased the number of universities in Scotland from four to eight.

Unlike the Ancient universities of Scotland, Stirling University's constitution is laid out in its Royal Charter, rather than the Universities ( Scotland ) Acts.

* The Times 2008 University Ranking tables placed the university fifth in Scotland and thirty-seventh in a list of 113 UK universities.

Many universities now operate the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme ( CATS ) and all universities in Scotland use the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework ( SCQF ) enabling easier transfer between courses and institutions.

Students in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are also eligible for a means-tested grant, and many universities provide bursaries to students with low financial capabilities.

In 2011, a merger was proposed between two universities in Scotland: University of Abertay Dundee and University of Dundee.

* Ancient universities of Scotland

By the mid-1920s, he was living in Elsfield and had become president of the Scottish Historical Society and a trustee of the National Library of Scotland, and he also maintained ties with various universities.

The ancient universities in England, Scotland and Ireland are, in order of formation: