Burns suppers are most common in Scotland and Northern Ireland but occur wherever there are Burns Clubs, Scottish Societies, expatriate Scots, or aficionados of Burns ' poetry.

Scots common law covers matters including murder and theft, and has sources in custom, in legal writings and previous court decisions.

In reality, the terms ' Scots / Scottish ' and ' Irish ' are purely modern geographical references to a people who share a common Celtic ancestry and consequently, a common musical heritage.

The act also created a common citizenship, giving Scots free access to English markets.

Some authors reject both the French and Goidelic theories and instead suggest that the ultimate source both for the Norman French, Scots and Goidelic variants of this word are to be found in a common Norse root.

This Jargon File entry notes kludge apparently derives via British military slang from Scots kludge or kludgie meaning " a common toilet ", and became confused with U. S. kluge during or after World War II.

This is revealed by a letter he sent to the Irish chiefs, where he calls the Scots and Irish collectively nostra nacio ( our nation ), stressing the common language, customs and heritage of the two peoples:

While going from door to door in disguise has remained popular among Scots and Irish, the North American custom of saying " trick or treat " has recently become common.

While going from door to door in disguise has remained popular among Scots and Irish at Halloween, saying " trick-or-treat " has become common.

Across Scandinavia and western Russia, the Scots pine is a common component of the taiga, while taiga of the Russian Far East and Mongolia is dominated by larch.

In western Eurasia, the Scots pine is common in the boreal forest.

Being easier and cheaper to make than double-edged swords, backswords became the favored sidearm of common infantry, including irregulars such as the Highland Scots, who in Scottish Gaelic were called the claidheamh cuil ( back sword ), after one of several terms for the distinct types of weapons they used.

Scots law, which applies in Scotland, is a pluralistic system based on civil-law principles, with common law elements dating back to the High Middle Ages.

To this day many jurisdictions that have inherited the tradition of English common law and Scots law still employ statutes that require police or other executive agents to deliver an oral warning, much like the Riot Act, before an unlawful public assembly may be forcibly dispersed.

Here, too, the common beech dominates, mixed, for example, with sycamore, ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ), hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus ) and Scots elm ( Ulmus glabra ).

In these places the common beech gives way to hardier deciduous species such as sycamore, large-leaved lime ( Tilia platyphyllos ), Scots elm or ash.

However, it has little in common with traditional Scots orthography as described in Grant and Dixon ’ s Manual of Modern Scots ( 1921 ).

* A corruption from the speech of the large number of descendants of Scottish and Ulster Scots ( Scots-Irish ) immigrants to North America, of the common Scots phrase " och aye " (" oh yes ").

The Scots had several other ways of measuring precious metals and gems, but this was the common usage for gold and silver.

In the ensuing civil wars, the Scots Covenanters at one point made common cause with the English parliamentarians-resulting in the Westminster Confession of Faith being agreed by both.

There is no distinction made in Scotland between assault and battery ( which is not a term used in Scots law ), although, as in England and Wales, assault can be occasioned without a physical attack on another's person, as demonstrated in Atkinson v. HM Advocate wherein the accused was found guilty of assaulting a shop assistant by simply jumping over a counter wearing a ski mask.

* Scots law

In law, corroboration refers to the requirement in some jurisdictions, such as in Scotland, that any evidence adduced be backed up by at least one other source ( see Corroboration in Scots law ).

The clearances followed patterns of agricultural change throughout Britain, but were particularly notorious as a result of the late timing, the lack of legal protection for year-by-year tenants under Scots law, the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system, and the brutality of many evictions.

Category: Scots law legal terms

In Scots law the jury system has some similarities with England but some important differences, in particular there are juries of 15 in criminal trials, with verdicts by simple majority.

In Civil law and pluralist systems, as under Scots law, precedent is not binding but case law is taken into account by the courts.

Some pluralist systems, such as Scots law in Scotland and so-called civil law jurisdictions in Quebec and Louisiana, do not precisely fit into the dual " common-civil " law system classifications.

The doctrine exists in both English law and Scots law.

The doctrine exists in the Scots law of delict.

Today the UK has three distinct systems of law: English law, Northern Ireland law and Scots law.

Used historically by the King of Scots, the Royal Standard of Scotland differs from Scotland's national flag, The Saltire, in that its correct use is restricted by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland to only a few Great Officers of State who officially represent The Sovereign in Scotland.

Scots Law differs from England's common law system.

The Advocate General's role differs from that formerly held by the Lord Advocate in that they are only charged with advising the UK Government on matters pertaining to Scots law, the Lord Advocate having retained his responsibility as the chief public prosecutor in Scotland and head of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service on his transfer to the Scottish Executive.

Scots law differs in many respects from the law of England and Wales.

** A Lowland Scots tradition strongly influenced by baroque violin technique with staccato and Scotch snap bowing techniques in addition to the use of double stops.

Although Irish and Manx are often referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic ( as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages ), the use of the word Gaelic is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when referring to language, only ever refer to these languages, whereas Scots has come to refer to a Germanic language, and therefore " Scottish " can refer to things not at all Gaelic.

English and Scots heraldries make greater use of supporters than other European countries.

The use of Scots and English became prominent in recent times but the Hebrides still contain the largest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers in Scotland.

Anyone using RP will typically speak Standard English although the reverse is not necessarily true ( e. g. the standard language may be pronounced with a regional accent, such as a Scottish or Yorkshire Accent ; but it is very unlikely that someone speaking RP would use it to speak the Scots or the Yorkshire Dialect ).

Many were based on regional accents, such as " The Raj " and " Angry Scots ", while others, like " Drill Sergeant ", made use of stereotypes.

In legal reforms, King Edward I of England started the use of drawing and quartering as punishment for traitors, King Philip IV of France created the gabelle, an onerous tax on salt, and the Scots Parliament passed laws allowing women to propose marriage to men, but only in leap years.

In 1996, in a symbolic response to growing dissatisfaction among Scots at the prevailing constitutional settlement, the British Conservative Government decided that the Stone should be kept in Scotland when not in use at coronations.

According to another source, 18th century Scots writers like Allan Ramsay justified their use of Scots ( instead of English ) by comparing it to the use of Ancient Greek Doric by Theocritus.

Native speakers sometimes refer to their vernacular as braid Scots ( or " broad Scots " in English ) or use a dialect name such as the " Doric ", " Teri " or the " Buchan Claik ".

Although the French commissioners were unwilling to treat with the insurgent Lords of the Congregation, they offered the Scots certain concessions from King Francis and Queen Mary, including the right to summon a parliament according to use and custom.

The use of " Scots " and " Scottish " is not altogether consistent ; but in most words and phrases referring to Scotland's people one or the other is normally used: there is a certain tendency for " Scottish " to be used in more formal contexts.

That the use of " Scots " is the modern preferred use in all levels of society in Scotland is not in doubt, but occasional use of " Scotch " in varieties of the Scots language continues with terms such as Scotch and English ( a game ), Scotch fiddle ( Itchiness ), Scotch mile and ell ( measures ) and many other examples ( see the Scots Dialect Dictionary compiled by Alexander Warrack M. A.