Manuscripta juridica

Formularium - Scottish Styles of proceedings in court (Court of Session).

Examples of documentation at the Court of Session. The text delineates at first the course of a process in the years 1620-1623 and then adds a variety of other examples of procedural documents. Probably not simply an appendix to Hope's 'Minor practicks'

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No. of pages: Fol. 163r-193v

Incipit:

• [{i}First style:{/i}] Act of advocatioun. Att Edinburgh the 15 Junii 1622. The quhilk day the Lordis of Counsall advocatis the actioun and caus ... Johne Creirsone of Maynes befoir the schereff of Drumfreis and his deputtis aganes Margaret Cathraut ... ar.

  [{i}Further styles:{/i}] (Fol. 163v) The forme of the first act of continuatioun. (Fol. 164r) The letter. (Fol. 164v) Followis the 2 act. (Fol. 165v) The 3 act. (Fol. 166r) The lettre. (Fol. 166v) The 4 act. (Fol. 167r) The lettre of the 4 act. (Fol. 168r) Followis the 5 act. (Fol. 168v) The lettre. (Fol. 170r) The incident called and the proces sene quhairin followis thir actis and lettres. (Fol. 170v) Lettre on this act. (Fol. 171r) The forme of the 2 act in the incident. (Fol. 172r) Lettres theron. (Fol. 172v) Act aganist Lochinvar, halding him pro confesso. (Fol. 173r) The forme of the 3 act on the incident. ... (Fol. 176v) Followis the act of renunciation. ... (Fol. 178v) Act of remitt. (Fol. 178v) Decreit of spuilzie. (Fol. 180r) Ane decreit of redemptioun. (Fol. 181v) Submissioun of ane caus to the Lordis amicablie. (Fol. 182v) Act of curatorie. (Fol. 183r) Decreit of quadruple poynding quhair ane is preferrit to heir, etc. (Fol. 184v) Decreit of reductioun and improbatioun. (Fol. 187r) The mynut writtin upoun ane comissioun for serving breives with the forme of the instrument maid thairupon. (Fol. 187v) Decreit of transumpt of writtis. (Fol. 188v) Decreit of suspensioun quhair the lettres ar suspendit simpliciter upoun obedience for delyverie of writtis. (Fol. 189r) Decreit absolvitor from ane sumondis of remowing quhairin some persones ar absolvit and utheris not. (Fol. 190v) Decreit cognitionis causae. (Fol. 191v) Decreit of adjudicatioun. (Fol. 192v) Decreit of contraventioun.

  (End:) in respect thairof they decernit in maner forsaid and ordained lettres to be direct upoun the premiss if neid beis in p(..nce?) as(?) effe(ires?) extract