Manuscripta juridica

Ordo iudiciorum Scotiae - Procedure in Sheriff Courts : treatise 'In the first, the shereff or his deputtys direct'

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No. of pages: Fol. 20r-v

Rubric: The forme of proces usit be all schereffis in civile causses

Incipit:

• In the first, the schereff or his deputtis direct thair precept under thair signet or subscriptioun manuale, or thair clerkis subscriptioun at thair command.

  [{i}Explicit of first chapter:{/i}] man be proponit in his desyre upone thais thingis that consistis in deid.

  [{i}Title of second chapter:{/i}] Afoir the Lordis of Counsale.

  [{i}Incipit of second chapter:{/i}] Be summoning of the pairtie to heir the lettres of all the foir formes direct for fulfilling of the said schereffis decrete, and in all thir dyettis quhen the parteis is present, caus warne thame or thair procuratours compering for thame ay to the nixt dyet and mak ane act in the buikis thairupone

Explicit:

• Quhilk, gif it be desyrit upone apperand urgent causses, the schereff sall avyse thairupone.

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