Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1608/11/11 - 1611/5/30

Author(s):

  • Thomas Nicolson of Carnock or of Cockburnspath

Incipit:

  • Maister Oliver Colt obtained [and then:] decreit of removeing against certaine tennentes

Explicit:

  • horne\ the\ at\ and\ fugitive\ wes\

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1608/11/11 - 1611/5/30 .

Old foliation in ink 1-227, continued to 228 on the blank folio after the end of the text. Regular chronological sequence. The collection contains cases which are also reported in Haddington's Practicks, but in the present MS the wording differs from Haddington and mentions many more details. The collection also comprises cases decided in the Commissariot of Edinburgh (e.g. fol. 101v, 1609/7/21)

Author(s): (alleged author:) Thomas Nicolson of Carnock or of Cockburnspath

No. of pages: Fol. 71r-293r

Rubric: [{i}Title, only supplied by a hand saec. XVIII:{/i}] The following decisions are said to be Nicolsons: vide inform. for James Jack contra Katherine Flood, decided 6th November 1739, concerning the effect of ane obligation by a father to his son in his contract of marriage, and in contemplation thereof upon the marriage dissolving within year and day

Incipit:

  • [{i}First item:{/i}] Winter sessione 1608. 11 November 1608, Colt contra tennentes. Maister Oliver Colt obtained decreit of removeing against certaine tennentes within Edinburgh. The same was suspendit.

    [{i}Last item:{/i}] 30 Maii 1611. Kings maiesties Thesaurar and Advocat contra Inglis. The kings maiesties Thesaurar and Advocat caused summoned Ja. Inglis merchand burges of Edinburgh to heir and sie ane proces quhilk wes to be led and deducit ... horne

Explicit:

  • he wes fugitive and at the horne.

    [{i}Sample:{/i}] 25 Julie 1609, Watsone contra L. Lusse [{i}= corresponding to Haddington, Adv.MS.22.3.5, fol. 102v, with different wording:{/i}] Anent the actione persewed at the instance of Watsone against the Laird of Lusse to heir and sie the ground poyndit for peyment of ane annuelrent.

    [{i}Another sample, fol. 105v:{/i}] Winter sessione 1609. 4 November 1609, Boyd contra Carmichaell and her spous [{i}= Haddington, Adv.MS.22.3.5, fol. 102v, with different wording{/i}]. Anent the actione persued at the instance of Mr. Robert Boyd advocat against Marione Carmichaell his mother and Mr. Johne Russell her spous for his intres, for delyverie to him as air to umquhill James Boyd of Kippes his father of certaine airshipe guids and geir, particularlie set doun in the said persuers clayme ... [{i} etc., 52 lines, much longer than the item in Haddington's Practicks{/i}].

    Fol. 293v-296v blank