Manuscripta juridica

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1621-1642 (digest, alphabetical) 'Actions in general' , attributed to John Nisbet Lord Dirleton.

A collection of short abstracts of decisions and of statutes

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Author(s): Alexander Gibson Lord Durie; John Nisbet Lord Dirleton (compendiator)

No. of pages: Pag. 1-197 (first series):

Rubric: Ane epitome of Duries Practiqs, reduced in titles, ordine alphabetico, containeing the maiter and substance of the haill practicceis contained in both the volumes of the principall(?) bookis, by Sir John Nisbet, Commissar of Edinburgh, advocat before the Lords of Counsall and Sessione.

[{i}Keywords used:{/i}] Actiones in generall and exceptiones. Actiones of transwmpt. Actiones of registratione ad transferreing. Adiudicatione. Aires and executores heretabill and moveabill. Aliment. Annualrent and usurie. Arreistment and actiones to make furthcomeand. Assignationes, discharges, procuratories. Bands: vide Contractis generall. Barrons. Bastardie and ultimus aeres. Blensh: vide Chartors, infeftmentis. Burghe Royall and ther priviledges. Breiff of lynning. Buyeing and selleing: vide Emptio et venditio. Captione. Cawtione: vide Warrandice, releiffe and evictione. Chartores, infeftmentis in generall, few, blensh, superiors and vassallis. Compensatione: vide Payment and probatione. Comprisseings and poindeings. Comissares: vide Inferior judges. Contracts, bands and wryttes in generall. Contraventiones: vide Lawburrowes. Declarator of propertie. Decreites, suspensiones and reductiones. Deforcement. Depositum. Discharges: vide Assignationes. Dispositiones tortyies. Ejectione, intrussione, spuilyie and wrongeous intromissione. Escheitts and declaratores. Evictione: vide Warrandice and cautione. Excambione: Emptio et venditio. Executors ({i}and{/i} vide Aires). Few holdeing: vide Chartors, infeftments. Fooles, furious persones and interdicts. Gleibs and manses. Heretabill estait: vide Aires and executors. Horneings and relaxationes. Horse hyre. Improbationes. Interruptione: vide Possessione. Intrusione: vide Ejectione, Spuilzie. Judges inferior, comissars, schireffis. King and prince. Lawborrowes and contraventiones. Legacies. Lyfrentis. Manseis: vide Glebs. Mariage and contracts of mariage. Milnes and multures. Minors and thair tutores and curatores. Moveables: vide Aires and executors. Non-entrie. Parentis and children. Patronage. Payment, probatione and compensatione. Pensiones. Possessione, interruptione and prescriptione. Poyndeing: vide Comprysing. Poyndeing of the ground. Princes: vide Kinges. Prescriptione: vide Possessione. Probatione: vide Payment. Procuratories: vide Assignationes. Propertie: vide Declarator. Probatione of the tenor. Recognitiones: vide Wairds, releiff etc. Redemptiones: vide Reversiones. Reductiones. Reductione ex capite lecti aegritudinis. Reductione ex capite metus. Reductione ex causa turpitudinis. Registratione: vide Actions. Relaxationes: vide Horneings. Releiff: vide (Waird), Warrandice. [Removeing]. Rentall. Reversione, redemptiones and declarators. Seaseings. Shireffs: vide Judges. Servitude. Spuilzie: vide Ejectione. Submissiones and decreits arbitrall. Suspensiones: vide Decreits. Tailyies: vide Dispositiones. Tackis and tollerance. Tennents. Tearce and thrid. Teinds, personage and viccarage. Tollerance: vide Tacks. Tutors: vide Minors. Witness: vide Probatione. Woodsetts. Waird, mariage, releiff, recognitione etc. Warrandice, releiff, cawtione, evictione. Vassals: vide Chartors, infeftments. Usurie: vide Annualrentis. Universall intromissione

Incipit:

• [{i}First item:{/i}] Actiones in generall and exceptiones. The defendare in secundo termino is not hard to compeir and to propon a defence, thowgh verified instanter ... 15 Junii 1622. Ch(?)ardane of Clunie contra Scot.

  [{i}In the keyword 'Aires', pag. 13:{/i}] This is the last practiqu of the first volume. [{i}There precedes a decision 1630/1/30 Calderwood against P(orten?)es, and follows a decision 1630/3/6{/i}].

  [{i}Interesting remark in keyword 'Captione', pag. 38:{/i}] Ther wes noe practiqu from March 1639 to January 1642.

  [{i}Last keyword:{/i}] Universal intromettars. K(?)erse relict, intrometteing with some goods omitted out of the confirmed testament.

  [{i}Last item:{/i}] Intromissione with seiven pounds Scots and noe more, quhich wes not sufficient to pay the hous maill quhich the defunct dwelt in, yet he is found sufficient to make a vitious intromissione against the de(bto?)r who wes not compeirand, nor anie vy... to pretend r(ych?)t to the ground

Explicit:

• by hypothecatione for the hous maill. 5 February 1632. Mowat and Dager contra P(erard?). Finis