Manuscripta juridica

Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (digest of "Auld Lawis"), systematic (preparatory work for 'Balfour's Practicks', in six books, in Scots) .

No mention of an author, and no title. The contents correspond to MS Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.381a, but the text breaks off after three pages

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Author(s):

• James Balfour of Pittendreich

No. of pages: Pag. 1-3

Incipit:

• (Praefatio:) The prefaice. It becumis the kingis maiestie nocht onlie to be decorit with airmis againis rebellis invading.

  [{i}Explicit of preface:{/i}] in vulgar and popular language, useing sometymes sick termis and wordis as is comounlie useit in judgement, to the effect the samyn may be the mair familiar and better knowin to all our soverane Lordis leigis and pepill

• [{i}Main text:{/i}] Divisioun of the law. The law is devydit in thrie pairtis: law of nature, law of God, and the positive law. The naturall law is that quhilk is writin be the finger of God or nature in the hairt of man.

  [{i}Incipit of the main text's next section:{/i}] In the name of the holy and indivisibill trinitie. Robert be the grace of God king of Scottis, in the thretene of rigime (...?, {i}unclear abbreviation{/i}), sittand in Scone in his full Parliament thair haldin.

  [{i}Last two items:{/i}] mead, constitut and ordanit diverss and sundrie lawis, statutis and ordinances to be perpetuallie and immovablie keipit and observit within this realme. Stat.

  Gif ony questioun happinis to arryse befor ony judgis of quhilk can nocht be decydit be na cleire writtin law, the decisioun and declaratioun aucht to be continewit to the nixt Parliament ... 17 Mart. 1469, Alexander Hepburn of Quhit(fun?) contrair George Haliburtoun, tom. i cap. 5 [{i}or:{/i}57. {i}The text breaks off here{/i}]