William Scott - Law

Law

  • William Scott (justice) (died 1350s), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench
  • William Scott (Irish lawyer) (1705–1706), Irish lawyer
  • William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (1745–1836), English judge and jurist

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