Manuscripta juridica

Ordo iudiciorum Scotiae - Treatise 'In all actiounis and pleyes thrie persounis are necessar' ("Form of process") , edited in print in 1609.

The text corresponds (although somewhat abridged) to the work published by Sir John Skene together with his Scots translation of Regiam maiestatem, Edinburgh 1609

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No. of pages: Pag. 101-111

Rubric: The forme of proces presentlie used before the Lords of Counsall and Sessioune [{i}an additional hand 18th c. adds an identification:{/i}] Skeenes Form of process

Incipit:

• [{i}First chapters:{/i}] Of judges and division of actiounes, cap. 1. In all actiounes thrie persounes ar requisite: judex, actor, et reus. Criminalle actiounes conteineinge lyfe and limme or tinselle of aine of them and crymes as mayt insw confiscatioune of the trespassers gudis to the king (...) sould be decydit be the Justice Generall or his deputtis as onlie judges in criminalle actiounes ... Eclesiasticalle actiounes sick as of testamenttis, legacies, mariage, divorcementte and some civille actiounes of debtis and utheris quhilkis ar effictit with ane aithe or with ane promeis provin by ane aithe ... be the jurisdictioune of kirkmen ... Laste, some actiounis ar civile, conteineinge lands, debtis and pecunialle penalties to be applyit to the use of the parties ... [{i}mentions thereafter the Institution of the College of Justice, 1532, approved by the Pope in 1534 and ratified by Parliament in 1537/5/17{/i}].

  [{i}Further chapters:{/i}] Cap. 2 The parts of proces. Cap. 3 Of summondis. Cap. 4 Executioun of summonds. Cap. 5 Summonds of conteinowatioun ... [{i}Last chapters:{/i}] Cap. 35 Suspensioun of decrettis. Cap. 36 Reduction of decrettis. The Lordis mayt reduce the decreittis of all inferioure judges

Explicit:

• it is laufulle to the defender to reduce the decreit. Finis