Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1540-1642 : (cumulative index)

Author(s):

  • Multiplex
  • John Sinclair later Bishop of Brechin
  • Richard Maitland of Lethington
  • Alexander Colville commendator of Culross
  • Alexander Gibson Lord Durie

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1540-1642: (cumulative index) .

No mention of an author. A first scribe wrote index entries 1541-1548 and 1571-1587. Another scribe interspersed index entries 1621-1629

Author(s): John Sinclair later Bishop of Brechin; Richard Maitland of Lethington; Alexander Colville commendator of Culross; Alexander Gibson Lord Durie

No. of pages: Fol. 1r-16r

Rubric: The tabill of the cheif poyntis and questiones handled in this volume be way of alphabet.

[{i}First items:{/i}] A. Ane decreit arbitrall that is gevin ultra vires compromissi aucht not to be registratit, neque in toto, neque in parte. 1582 Novembris, vide 29 Januarii 1629.

The Act of Parliament mad be King James the fourt anent the persewing of sumondis of errour within thrie yeiris can not be extendit to any other decreitis but concerning retouris. 1582 Novembris.

Proces of advoctioune grantit to ane pairtie that is at the horne: 1582 Novembris.

[{i}Incipit of last letter:{/i}] W. The wyf of the husband receaving mailles and dewteis after the warning will stop the removing. Januarii 1582.

[{i}Last items written by the first scribe:{/i}] Ane band or obligatioune that is made in write cannot be takine away be ane contrarie write, 1581 Februarii.

How wairning made to the defunct is sufficient to putt his aire or successor in mala fide, albeit they be not wairnit otherwayes, 1582 Maii.

The wyfe may not give acquittances or dischairges of the dewties of her terce or conjunct fie by the consent of her husband, 1582 Julii.

Ane day grantit to call the warrand against the Kings Advocat persewand for recognitioune, 1557 Januarii [{i}This item does not fit into the chronological order. I therefore assume that it was added in the margin of the model MS from which the present MS was copied{/i}].

[{i}Last items added by the second scribe:{/i}] Wrongous intromissioune mad be the wyfe found ineffectuall, being without the husbandis consent, 2 Februarii 1628.

Witnesis out of the countrie and goeing out, 7 Februarii and 20, 1629. .

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