Manuscripta juridica

Ius proprium Scotiae - Registers of Sederunt 1554-1627 , chronological index to a collection in some other MS.

The collection of Acts of Sederunt is referred to as 'Ledingtones' = thus directly or indirectly transcribed from a MS possessed by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington. It is interesting to see that even Acts of Sederunt were here categorized as 'practicks'. The contents of the MS indexed obviously correspond in large part to those of the first part of MS Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.388a and MS Edinburgh, NR Scotland, RH13/1

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No. of pages: Fol. 38r-38v

Rubric: Ane index of the titles of the practicks that ar supposed to be Ledingtones, quhilk ar all for the most pairt in the Acts of Sederunt and sua neids not to be vriten over, and the figure on the right hand is the number of the Act of Sederunt.

[{i}First headings:{/i}] 1 Sessio inchoata (vide 2d). 2 The oath of the Lords (3). 3 Admissio Clerici Registri (6). 4 Apud Edinburgh 1554 and 1565 anent the ordor of procedor in administring justice (82). 5 Anent the calling of recent spulzies. 6 Anent the tableing of sumonds quhilk pertaines to the kings profeit (36) 1612. 7 Ordor to be held anent supernumlerarie Lords (37) 1613. 8 Anent the calling of the table (38) 1614. 9 Anent the tymes of conventione (39) 1614. 10 Anent the conventione of the Lords efter the vaccance (40) 1614. 11 Anent delivering off bills (41) 1615. 12 Anent examinatione of witnesses (42) 1616. 13 The statuts to be read (43) 1616. 14 Againest importune solicitars (44) 1616. 15 Saturday to advyse proceds (16) and to pronunce decreets (45) (46) 1616. 16 [{i}empty{/i}]. 17 Anent granting of commissiones habile (47) 1616. 18 [{i}etc. etc. etc.{/i}].

[{i}Headings 40-41:{/i}] 40 How procurators should beheave themselfes at the giveing off interloquitors (85) 1627. 41 [{i}empty space in lieu of heading{/i}]. [{i}There follows a heading 42 on the order of calling of cases. I list it as a separate work below because other MSS treat it as such{/i}]