Manuscripta juridica

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1592-1624: (1610/7/3 - 1624/11/18) . The items are not numbered. Headings are written above the items. Dates follow at the end of the items.

[{i}First five items:{/i}] Ane tutour to executoris may be persewit be ane relict, whiche tutour hes persewit uther actionis for the executour agains uther personis. Lilias Porterfeild, relict of umquhile James Somervaill, persewit hir husbandis executour for hir third. Quhairin the Lordis fand process agains the executours, thair tutour beand summond, becaus they had intentit actioun at the tutour his instance as tutour in uther caussis, albeit the act of tutorie wes nocht producit, bott fand na actioun for the thrid conteined in the confirmed testament, without productioun of the testament. 3 Julii 1610.

Service done be tennentis efter the terme of removing helpis not to stay decreitt agains thame, unles it be by command of the warner. The Lord Keyth persewit certane tennentis to remove. Quho exceptit they could not be decernit to remove, because sen the warning they had done service.

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... Earle of Dunbar as donatour to the non-entres of the landis of Pincaroun.

In ane reductioun of ane few chartour persewit be the Lord Torphichin agains the Laird of Pittfoddellis.

Johne Elevers, Inglishman, causit intent summondis agains Johne Vernon, his cuntreyman,.

[{i}The text proceeds to the year 1619 (page 715), jumps to 1621 (page 727) and provisionally ends on page 734 with an item dated 1622/11/27:{/i}] The Earle of Mar and Lord Erskine persewit the Kingis Advocat and Thesaurar and the Lord Elphinstoun and Kildryrnie for reductioun ...[{i}The remainder of pag. 734 is left blank. The same applies to the entire page 735 and to the upper part of page 736. Thereafter the text resumes:{/i}].

[{i}1622/11/29{/i}] The husbandis superiour is the Ladie Tercer hir superiour, and sua hes right to hir escheat. William Maxwell of Kirkhous, donatour to the escheat and lyfrent of the Laird of Philorthe ... [{i}Followed by many more Practicks of 1622, and then 1623 and 1624{/i}].

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[{i}1624/11/18{/i}] It is not relevant to alledge ane to be infeft, and in ane lang possessione, wnles they alledge infeft be ane who had power. In the actioun betuix the Laird of Lug and Wauch, the defender alledging that he was appeirand air to his predecessour who wes infeft, and be wertew thairof in possessioun 40 zeiris, the Lordis fand not the exceptioun relevant, wnles he wald alledge that his predecessour was infeft be him who had power.

[{i}1624/11/18{/i}] Altho the denunciatioun bear not legallie, zit ane legall being brocht furthe betuix denunciatioun and comprysing, it may be comprysit instead of the landis. Doctor Kincaid persewed James Haliburtoun ... repellit the exceptioun, notwithstanding of ane contrair practiqu produced betuix Malloth Weir and Dobie

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Author(s):

• Thomas Hamilton later 1st Earl of Haddington

No. of pages: Pag. 693-876