| LOCATION | Edinburgh, UL |
| MANUSCRIPT | Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.407 |
| ITEM No. 1 | Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic) |
Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic)
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Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic) (title page only).
[{i}Title, styling the work as a Corpus iuris Scotlandiae = a 'body of lawis':{/i}] The haill bodie of the lawis of Scotland gadderit [{i}paper is lost{/i}] out of the actis and constitutionis of Parliamentis and interloquitoris of the Sessioun and Colledge of Justice alsweill beffor as sensyne and out of sundrie uther observationis of learnit men, custumes and practeis daylie usit, now laitlie reducit in ane certane ordor and methode, to the great utilitie of all the leiges of this realme alsweill learnit as wnlearnit, as may appeir to all sic as may happin to peruse the same with ane singill and guid iudgment, set furth be me, etc., to the glorie of God the heich, honour and prayss of the king our soverane maiestie, and will of all his hienes subiectis, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Reasone is the saule of the law, and thairfoir the law is guid, giff it be richtlie usit.
Cicero libro primo De legibus: Lex et ratio summa insita in natura, quae iubet ea quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria
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