In later life he was a Writer to the signet.

Isobel produced a son, Colin, who became a writer to the signet.

The other is of more importance," continued the Writer to the Signet. "

He was educated for the law, and became a writer to the signet (Scottish solicitor or attorney) in 1691.

He was apprenticed to Thomas Tod, writer to the signet.

He is a member of the Law Society and Writers to the Signet.

After a short time at Edinburgh University, he was articled to a writer to the signet.

The present house was built for Andrew Mitchell, Writer to the signet, in the 1830s.

He passed as a writer to the signet, but limited his practice, and occupied himself mainly with scientific and literary matters.

He remains a non-practising Writer to the Signet.

There is still a Society of Writers to the Signet to which many Solicitors belong.

His father, also William Preston, was a Writer to the Signet, a form of solicitor.

The fund was administered by trustees belonging to the Society of Writers to the Signet.

His father was a Writer to the Signet and employed in the Comptroller's Office.

Though originally intended for the Indian Civil Service, he was apprenticed to a writer to the signet.

In March 1786 he began an apprenticeship in his father's office to become a Writer to the Signet.

Some of the houses had been turned into offices for Writers to the Signet, chartered accountants, and small, anonymous finance businesses.

One day he received a note from a well-known firm of Writers to the Signet, requesting the favour of an immediate interview with him.

The conditions," said the Writer to the Signet, "are, as I have twice remarked, neither dishonourable nor excessive.

The qualification of Barrister, Advocate, Writer to the Signet, or Solicitor.

Walker married Jean Fraser, daughter of a Scottish lawyer and writer to the signet, in May 1778.

He was educated at Edinburgh high school and the university of Edinburgh, and became in 1744 a writer to the signet.

One of her sons, Andrew, became a writer to the signet in Edinburgh and helped support her in her old age.

Ferrier was born in Edinburgh, the son of John Ferrier, writer to the signet.

Our hearts were uplifted, but now we were mightily embarrassed as to the figure we would cut before the Writers to the Signet.