Manuscripta juridica

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1592-1624 'Sex goldin buttones': (1609/11/4 - 1611/11/9 and 1622/2 - 1623/12/12) .

No author is mentioned. The items are numbered 1-758. On fol. 76v, between items 492 and 493, the year dates jump from 1611/11/9 to 1622/2. Many items have headings, but their wording does not fully correspond to MS Edinburgh, NR Scotland, RH4/95. Dates, and often the parties' names, are only provided at the end of the items. Keywords are written in the left margin. The handwriting is very neat. The ink is pale, probably due to water damage

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Author(s):

• Thomas Hamilton later 1st Earl of Haddington

No. of pages: Fol. 1r-132r

Rubric: Practicks observed befor the Lords of Session

Incipit:

• [{i}First item:{/i}] Sex golden buttons upon the fathers skin coat and tuo oxen of eight set in steilbow fund to perteane to the air. In ane action persewed be Mr. Robert Boyd advocat against his mother and Mr. Johne Russell now her spous ... 4 November 1609.

  [{i}First items of November 1623:{/i}].

  726. Ane sasine within burgh regall neids not to be insert in the Secretaries register ... the partie may prove it cum processu. 13 November 1623. Marshall contra Marshall in Kirkaldie.

  727. The ordinar termes of probation being past and a terme assignit be the Lords ... 13 November 1623. Greinlaw contra Watsone, Mathisone, Logane and others in Leith.

  728. He to whom a terme is assigned, that the first terme he report no diligence ... 13 November 1623.

  729. In the improbation persewed be the Earle of Hoome against Cranstoun of Moristoun, at the taking of ane terme the persewer declared not that James Maitland and ane other of the witnesses wer furth of the cuntrie, but caused summon them upon 60 days warning ... witnesses out of the cuntrey, quia aberant animo remanendi. November 1623.

  730. In an action persewed be Sir George Hamiltoun of Blackburne against William Dick in Busk ther was an practick produced be Mr. Andrew Actoun, bearing that in an action betuixt Mr. Robert Durie in Dumfermling and ane Broun and [{i}empty space{/i}] the Lords had fund be interloquitur that an assignation made be an rebell might be quarrelled be way of exception, be an partie who wes neither creditor to the rebell nor donator to his escheat. 20 November 1623.

  731. Sir James Drummond persewed an action of improbation against the Laird of Kinkell ... the non-compeirance. 20 November 1623.

  732. By contract of mariage betuixt Mr. Johne Hamiltoun and Kinbrukmonth with his bastard daughter ... provision of the contract. 22 November 1623.

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  756. Declaratour of an claus irritant, houbeit exorbitant. In the action persewit be Colintoun and his wiffe against Sir Johne Ker and his wiffe and their soune for reduction of an baktack ... might be removed by redemption at the next terme. 11. December 1623.

  757. The generall aires of the deceast Lord Yester persewed an improbation against the Earle of Buccleuch ... And in that cace would ex gratia susteane the incident. 12. December 1623.

  758. In the reduction persewed be Androw Coupar contra Andrew Killoch the persewer produced practick betuixt the Earle of Nithisdale and Westraw and Mr. Thomas Hope and David Andersone, wherin the Lords fand that the statute against bankrupts wes not extendit ad preterita in causes wher befor the statute the parties had publict infeftments and possession and decreits authorizeing their rights. Finis