Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic) "Major practicks"

Author(s):

  • Thomas Hope of Craighall

Incipit:

  • The wholl lawes of the [and then:] kingdome of Scotland wer wrytin in Latine of old

Explicit:

  • coquett\ kings\ the\ without\

Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic) "Major practicks" .

[{i}Title, on flyleaf fol. v:{/i}] Practica Majora [!] Domini Thomae Hope a Craighall, Advocati coram Dominis Consilii et Sessionis

Author(s):

  • Thomas Hope of Craighall

No. of pages: Fol. 1r-304v

Incipit:

  • De iure, titulus primus. The wholl lawes of the kingdome of Scotland wer wrytin in Latine of old, untill King James 1 tyme, that custome being introduced by the Pape and clergie, that the laiques who for the most pairt understood not the Latine tounge might be misled in the mist of ignorance and the clergie might have the better occasioune to praye upon them, figendo, refigendo, evertendo, perfungendo leges

Explicit:

  • Of ship lawes. When shipps are brokin in this countrie, the shipps and guidis escheat to the king ... No shipps should saill out of this kingdoume without the kings coquett: 1571 c. 90

Colophon: Deus huic dedit finem. Laus et gloria Deo [{i}The end phrase of the printed edition is lacking{/i}]