Manuscripta juridica

Acta Parliamenti Scotiae (criminal law) (digest, alphabetical) 'Assyseris' - 'Unlawis' (with additions by William Aikman).

Based on the "Auld Lawis" and on Acts of Parliament. The work consists of short abstracts of statutes, grouped under alphabetically arranged keywords

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Author(s):

• Andrew Gilmour

No. of pages: Fol. 235r-252r

Rubric: Acts of Parliament and the statuts of Regiam maiestatem anent crimes, ordine alphabetico by Mr. Androw Gilmour, advocate, added to be W(illiam?) A(ikman?)

Incipit:

• Assysors in criminal judgment should not be the parties.

  [{i}Last three keywords:{/i}] Worshipers. Common usurers. Unlaw.

  [{i}Typical text sample, chosen from fol. 239v:{/i}] Fornicatione punished with feyne and imprisonment: Act 13, Par. 1, Ja. 6; Act 12, Par. 4, Sess. 2, Ch. 2. And if any heritrix of ward lands committs fornicatione, her heritage escheitt to her superior: chap. 49 et chap. 55 § 9, lib. 2 Reg. Ma