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Greenlaw is a small town in Berwickshire, south-east Scotland.

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−	'''Greenlaw''' is a small town in [[Berwickshire]], south-east [[Scotland]]. After the final cession of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] to England in 1482, Greenlaw became the county town of Berwickshire. It finally lost this status to [[Duns]] in 1904, its legal and jurisdictional dignities having slipped across to its larger rival by stages across the intervening centuries. The name is a reflection of its status in the late 14th century: a new, or fresh, 'green', centre of jurisdiction, 'law'.	+	'''Greenlaw''' is a small town in [[Berwickshire]], south-east [[Scotland]].

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