Manuscripta juridica

Ordo iudiciorum Scotiae - Treatise In the first, quhair the lybellat sumondis are requirit' . Procedural rules for the Court of Session, here applied to Commissary Courts. 24 articles, dated 1563/3/23

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No. of pages: Fol. 128r-129v

Rubric: The forme and ordour of procese thann used and observed befoir the Lordis of the said soverane Ladyis Counsell and Sessioun

Incipit:

• In the first, quhere lybelled summonis ar requyred, the samin ar execute upoun the premonitioun of xxi. dayis ... Item ane reply as ane exceptioun hes bot ane terme assigned for probatioun of the samyn.

  [{i}Fol. 131r Statute on probate jurisdiction, 1575/9/10:{/i}] Statutis and ordinances maid be the Lordis of Counsell and Sessioun.

  [{i}Fol. 133r-144r Rules on probate jurisdiction: reference to Acts of Sederunt and to statutes and to fifty decisions 1503-1587, partly from the Commissars of Edinburgh, partly from the Lords of Council and Session. Many items are taken from Balfour's Practicks, others from the enlarged version of Maitland's collection, and from Colville's collection, but probably none from Sinclair's. Interestingly, the present MS provides some dates for decisions which are not dated in the printed edition of Balfour's Practicks. The text should also be compared to other 16th c. collections of judicial precedent.{/i}] .

  [{i}Fol. 133r-135r Rules on probate jurisdiction, first part:{/i}] Certann practiques, decreittis and declarationis of the saidis Lordis of Counsell and Sessioun, and Commisseris of Edinburgh, anent testaments ... [{i}in 36 chapters{/i}]. Off testamentis and personis makeris thereof, and quhat personis may mak there testamentis. It is lesum to all frie men that is nocht auchtand greit dettis to utheris, to mak ane iust and ressonabill testament ... [{i}The first item and many others are lifted from Balfour's Practicks, p. 216-219 of the reprinted edition{/i}].

  [{i}Fol. 135r-138r Rules on probate jurisdiction, second part:{/i}] Off executouris. Executouris testamentaris or datives, cap. 1. Executouris of the testament, or lattir will, suld be sic personis as the maker thereof dois nominate ... [{i}again copying Balfour's Practicks, p. 219{/i}].

  [{i}Fol. 138v-144r Rules on probate jurisdiction, third part, on succession in movables:{/i}] Off persuit be aires of executouris. 1 The Commisseris ar nocht judges to airschip geir, barnispairt and wemennis thrid