Manuscripta juridica

Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic) .

No mention of the author, and no title. Very neatly written by only one scribe, on one type of paper only. The titles are not numbered, but the individual chapters in them are consecutively numbered within each title. Headings for them are written in the left margin. Abstracts of statutes are shortened to become mere references to the printed edition from page 82 onwards, titles 'Of hoistallaris' and 'Off beggaris'.

(Pag. 1) The preface. It becumis the kingis maiestie not onlie to be decorit with armis ... [{i}no name of a king or regent mentioned{/i}] and the better knawin to all our soverane Lordis liegis and people of his realme. Liber primus.

(Pag. 3 ss.) Off the law. The divisioun of the law. Cap. 1. The law is devydit in thre pairtis: in the law of nature, in the law of God, and in the positive law. The naturall is that quhilk is writtin be the finger of God or of nature in the hart of man ... [{i}13 chapters{/i}].

(Pag. 6) Of the king, and first of his coronatioun. Tit. 2. Anent the dimission of the croun in favour of oure soverane Lord, and his maiesties coronatioun. Cap. 1. Item it is fund and declarit be the thre Estaitis and haill body of this present Parliament.

[{i}Last titles:{/i}] Of horning. Of foirfaltoure. Of cursing.

(Pag. 454-463) Justice air, 46 chapters.

(Pag. 464-474) The Chalmerlane air, 29 chapters.

(Pag. 474-480) Of bordour lawis, 38 chapters.

(Pag. 481) Bordour lawis: wapinschawing, 14 chapters.

(Pag. 481-482) Bordour lawis: of assurance, 5 chapters.

(Pag. 482-495) Bordour lawis: of the wardane, tit. 4, 40 chapters.

(Pag. 496) Of taxation.

(Pag. 496-523) Schip lawis, collectit furth of the actis of Parliament, the practiques, the law of Alleroun, and auld lawis of Wisbie, and the constitutionis of Francis King of Fraunce, annis 1543, 1557. [{i}Grouped under sixteen titles, of which title 14 'Off the admirall, his office and iurisdiction' is the longest, with 47 chapters{/i}.]

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Author(s):

• James Balfour of Pittendreich

No. of pages: Pag. 1-544

Incipit:

• It is statute and ordanit that the admirall sal be and remane generall lieutenant to the kingis grace of all armeis and companeis of men of weare that sal be collectit ad reikit to the sie ... of the tent part: art. 40.

  (Pag. 523-532) The ordour of the Chauncellarie. The ordour of the kingis chapell or Chauncellarie consistis first and cheiflie in the directioun of brevis ... chapter 19, Legittimationis ... as the auld practizanis of wrytetaris knawis and hes sein of auld [{i}Styles, and some explanations{/i}].

  (Pag. 532-538) Follow lawis, maid be certane kingis of Scotland, as is contenit in the cronicle. King Dorduilla ... [{i}last item:{/i}] Thomas Randolphe, governour and tutour to King David Bruce, lib. 15, c. 1: It is statute ... and debaite thair leving.

  (Pag. 538-544) Instructione to the Commissars of Edinburgh.

  The summondis, haill proces and sentence to be in the vulgare toung. That all summondis be direct ather ad instantiam or ad libellum, as the judgis be thair discretioun thinkis expedient

Explicit:

• Subscryvit be our soverane Lord at the [{i}gap{/i}] day of [{i}gap{/i}] the zer of God m. v.c. lxiii. zeiris