Manuscripta juridica

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1550-1592 (repertory, very selective).

The text contains short abstracts of decisions, without any headings. Few decisions are dated. Their dates show a rough chronological order, interrupted by frequent jumps in date. Written by the same hand as the repertory of Sinclair's Practicks

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Author(s): Richard Maitland of Lethington; Alexander Colville commendator of Culross

No. of pages: Pag. 123-138

Rubric: Prattiques observit be Secretar Leydington.

[{i}Nota bene: the words 'secretar Leydington' refer to William Maitland of Lethington, son of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington to whom the 'Practicks' are usually ascribed. The expression 'observit be secretar Leydington' must not necessarily be read in the sense that William, and thus not Sir Richard, was the author of the Practicks. The words might just mean that Willam 'observed' the propositions of law which are contained in the present selection. In other words, William Maitland did not observe all of the many 'prattiques' which his father had collected, but he observed these selected ones.{/i}]

Incipit:

• [{i}First items:{/i}] In praediis urbanis thrie quartiris beinge boundit in the libelle is sufficiente, altho the fourte quartir be not boundit. 6 December 1580(!) [{i}Maitland nr. 2, 1550/12/16{/i}].

  Ane inhibitioune given be the ordinar on teindis is sufficiente title to challange the spoliatioune of the teind schavis [{i}Maitland nr. 4{/i}].

  Nisi tutor satis dedit, he may not persew onie actioun as tutour [{i}Maitland nr. 5{/i}].

  Ane burges contractis his landis to his wyfe and the bairnes lafullie gottin betuix thame. Scho dieinge and leiveinge one dochter, he maries ane uther wyfe and infeftis her in ane pairte of the samen lands ... Sche dieinge without onie bairnes he maries the thrid wyfe, with whom he had thrie dauchteris, wha wer funde ex aequo to be airis of so meikle as the secund wyfe was seasit in. And the assyis fund in wilfulle errour wha retourit, (the Lordis reinstated) the first wyfis dochtir to all [{i}Maitland nr. 7{/i}].

  Ane rolmente of courte bearinge the production of ane instrument ... [{i}Maitland nr. 8{/i}].

  Ane band or contracte sine causa et non in scriptis is nothinge [{i}Maitland nr. 12{/i}].

  Ane executour named in testamentte hes gud actioun to persew as executour albeit the confirmatione of the testament be after the date and deduction of the summondis ... [{i}Maitland nr. 17{/i}].

  Ane tak fallis without ... [{i}Maitland nr. 19{/i}].

  Ane minour, patre adhuc vivente put in fie of land, may be welle callit ... [{i}Maitland nr. 22{/i}].

  Ane procuratorie of ane strangir ... [{i}Maitland nr. 25{/i}].

  Ane ejectit out of ane rowme wil get spuilzie ... [{i}Maitland nr. 27{/i}].

  In spuilzie, as longe as ther is no sentence given.

  The aire is obliseit to ansser for the spuilzie committit be his father civilie.

  Ane man may depairte lafullie with his geir arrested in tyme.

  Ane generall claus of warandice bynds not ane to warande the landes fra warde