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objection_n against_o witness_n as_o all_o other_o dilator_n must_v be_v instant_o verify_v witness_n not_o be_v oblige_v to_o attend_v till_o the_o verity_n of_o the_o objection_n be_v prove_v nor_o be_v two_o litiscontestation_n admittable_a regular_o in_o one_o cause_n therefore_o reprobator_n have_v be_v sometime_o protest_v for_o but_o the_o effect_n thereof_o have_v be_v very_o rare_a requisite_n of_o witness_n be_v that_o they_o be_v famous_a equal_a and_o inconcerned_a in_o the_o party_n or_o cause_n hence_o arise_v the_o objection_n 1._o that_o the_o witness_n be_v infamous_a as_o be_v so_o cognosce_v and_o declare_v by_o the_o sentence_n of_o a_o judge_n competent_a as_o by_o the_o counsel_n and_o session_n and_o justice_n general_n 2._o upon_o the_o same_o point_n of_o infamy_n person_n know_v to_o the_o lord_n to_o be_v debauch_v or_o in_o no_o reputation_n albeit_o they_o be_v not_o so_o judicial_o declare_v will_v be_v exclude_v and_o such_o as_o be_v not_o worthy_a the_o 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