Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
- Textual record
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the collection.
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1565-1973 (Creation)
- Creator
- Legal documents collection
Physical description area
Physical description
29 cm of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Legal Documents collection is an artificial grouping of records created by the Law Society of Upper Canada Archives. The collection contains miscellaneous legal documents (deeds, mortgages, agreements, etc.) acquired by the archives over the years from unknown sources.
Custodial history
Scope and content
This is an artificially created collection comprised of miscellaneous legal documents from unknown sources accumulated by the Archives. Included in the collection are mortgages, affidavits, contracts, deeds, wills, correspondence, and stock certificates drawn from the files of various wound-up law firms.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in three sous-fonds: Ontario legal documents, Quebec legal documents, British legal documents.
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
No restrictions on access.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.