Manuscripta juridica

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1621-1642 (digest, alphabetical) 'Adjudication' .

Anonymous and without title. Faded ink. Arranged under alphabetised keywords. Within each keyword, the decisions are usually - but not always - chronologically arranged. The text is heavily anglicised. Date of the earliest decision which caught my eye: 1621/7/12. Year date of the youngest decisions which I saw: 1642. A 20th c. note on a loose sheet of paper in the volume describes the contents as follows: 'Dictionary of Decisions, Court of Session, arranged under subjects, alphabetically, 1621-1642 and 1662'

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Author(s): Alexander Gibson Lord Durie; George Lockhart of Carnwath (re-ordinator)

No. of pages: Pag. 1-334

Incipit:

• [{i}First items:{/i}] A. Adjudication. Ane decreit cognitionis causa declared null, there being no persone representing the defunct charged to enter air, nor yet as chargit or renounceing compeiring or called. 8 Julii 1623 et 8 Julii 1625, and yet sumetyme sustained 27 Januarii 1624.

  Item nothing can be adjudged but heretable rights, moveable soumes being only judgeit to arreistment or poinding or confirmable at ane executour creditours instance, or suchlyke diligence. Penultimo Januarii 1627.

  [{i}Last item:{/i}] Warrandice. Ane claus of warrandice to few lands ... From ane having acquyred ane wodsett of lands, and becaus the samen wer affected with ane right maid to ane thrid pairtie which wes ... Januarii 1631. Finis

Explicit:

• he wes content presentlie to difend, but found ut supra. 28 Januarii 1631