Manuscripta juridica

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1610-1643 (alphabetical 'Advocati' - 'Uxor'): (1610/2/12 - 1634) .

Neatly written in fully anglicised language, obviously in order to be used by readers in a library. Arranged under headings which are loosely alphabetised, according to their most prominent word (thus not according to their first word). Most keyword titles are lifted from the Corpus iuris civilis. Items are often quite long, and many contain a separate part titled 'Ratio'. The reasons which are then given, however, are grounded on the evidence about the facts of the case, and not on legal argument. Earliest and latest dates which caught my eye: 1610/2/12 (fol. 212v), 1610/3/3 (fol. 7r), several decisions from 1633 and 1634. I found only one date after 1634. Therefore I deem that it is either due to an error of the scribe or a late addition: 1643/6/7 (fol. 29)

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Author(s):

• Thomas Nicolson of Carnock or of Cockburnspath

No. of pages: Fol. 1r-214r

Rubric: Sir Thomas Nicolsone of Carnock his Practicks

Incipit:

• [{i}First item:{/i}] De errore advocatorum seu procuratorum concipientium, 8 March 1611: Harvy contra Gordon, Spulzie. Andrew Harvie, second sone of Andrew Harvy or Elrick, pursues Thomas Gordone off Grandhame and George Eweing in [{i}no place name given{/i}] for spulziatione, in Februarii 1605, furth of the lands of Densloune.

  [{i}Further headings - I emphasize the words which determine the alphabetization:{/i}] Quibus alienare non licet. De alimentis praestandis. De assessoribus. De cessione bonorum. Annuells, caution. Compensation. Contravention. Declarator. Deposit. Division of testament. De divortiis. De donationibus propter nuptiis et solutione matrimonii. De donationibus inter virum et uxorem. Soluto matrimonio quemadmodum dos petatur. De sacrosanctis ecclesiis et rebus earum. De edendo. Quando liceat ab emptione discedere. De evictione. De hiis quae in fraudem creditorum facta sint. De haereditatis petitione. De acquirenda et amittenda haereditate. De haeredibus instituendis. ... [{i}etc.{/i}].

  [{i}Last headings:{/i}] De usuris et mora (fol. 204r). Unde vir et uxor (fol. 207r). Ne uxor pro marito vel maritus pro uxore (fol. 207v-214r)

Explicit:

• [{i}Last item:{/i}] 29 June 1625. Dury clerk. Reidhead contra Lady Towie. Registratione against the Lady as executrix to her husband ... shall not prejudge her husband dureing his lifetime

Colophon: [{i}Remark at end, fol. 214r:{/i}] This manuscript doubled off a coppie borrowed from Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmeden, Knight and Barronet, late one of the Senators of the College of Justice