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secure_n to_o her_o 7000._o lib._n sterl_n and_o the_o other_o provision_n foresay_v for_o secure_v her_o relief_n of_o the_o debt_n it_o be_v reply_v that_o as_o to_o the_o say_v first_o alledgance_n that_o inest_fw-la in_o all_o contract_n bear_v reversion_n whether_o in_o the_o formal_a term_n of_o a_o reversion_n or_o provision_n upon_o the_o matter_n import_v a_o reversion_n and_o ex_fw-la stylo_fw-la all_o decreet_n of_o redemption_n do_v contain_v the_o say_a decerniture_n to_o renounce_v and_o the_o duke_n be_v denude_v in_o favour_n of_o his_o daughter_n by_o public_a infeftment_n the_o habilis_fw-la modus_fw-la to_o return_n again_o to_o his_o right_n upon_o redemption_n be_v upon_o the_o resignation_n as_o to_o the_o 2d_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o the_o say_a provision_n be_v not_o in_o the_o reversion_n and_o amount_v only_o to_o a_o personal_a obligement_n upon_o the_o duke_n and_o his_o heir_n but_o not_o to_o be_v a_o real_a burden_n and_o incumberance_n upon_o the_o right_n as_o to_o debt_n it_o be_v answer_v that_o there_o need_v no_o other_o security_n for_o the_o lady_n her_o relief_n of_o the_o same_o see_v she_o be_v to_o be_v liable_a thereto_o in_o contemplation_n of_o the_o right_n if_o it_o shall_v stand_v effectual_a in_o her_o person_n and_o it_o be_v provide_v in_o case_n of_o redemption_n she_o shall_v be_v free_a thereof_o it_o be_v duply_v as_o to_o the_o say_a provision_n that_o the_o same_o be_v in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o procuratory_n and_o infeftment_n be_v real_a and_o they_o be_v insert_v unico_fw-la contextu_fw-la with_o the_o provision_n that_o the_o land_n shall_v be_v redeemable_a and_o do_v qualify_v the_o same_o and_o that_o notwithstanding_o that_o it_o be_v provide_v that_o in_o case_n of_o redemption_n she_o shall_v not_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o debt_n yet_o she_o may_v be_v in_o hazard_n to_o be_v overtake_v as_o successor_n titulo_fw-la lucrativo_fw-la in_o respect_n by_o the_o say_v right_o it_o
and_o in_o case_n the_o father_n in_o law_n shall_v have_v heir_n male_a within_o the_o space_n of_o six_o year_n after_o the_o marriage_n the_o lord_n find_v the_o say_a provision_n copulative_a and_o that_o the_o tocher_n shall_v not_o return_v albeit_o the_o father_n in_o law_n have_v heir_n male_a within_o the_o foresay_a time_n see_v the_o other_o member_n of_o the_o say_a condition_n do_v not_o exist_v in_o respect_n albeit_o his_o daughter_n decease_v within_o the_o say_a time_n yet_o she_o have_v a_o child_n of_o the_o marriage_n that_o survive_v gosford_n reporter_n mr._n john_n hay_o clerk_n d._n 424._o jaffray_n contra_fw-la laird_n of_o wamfray_n 12._o jan._n 1677._o a_o sum_n due_a be_v a_o bond_n bear_v a_o obligement_n to_o infeft_n and_o requisition_n be_v find_v to_o be_v movable_a after_o requisition_n and_o to_o fall_v under_o escheat_n notwithstanding_o the_o late_a act_n of_o parliament_n ordain_v bond_n bear_v annualrent_a to_o be_v heretable_a but_o remain_v still_o heretable_a quoad_fw-la fiscum_fw-la in_o respect_n bond_n of_o the_o nature_n foresay_v become_v movable_a by_o requisition_n even_o before_o the_o say_a act_n of_o parliament_n and_o the_o fisk_n since_o by_o the_o foresay_a act_n of_o parliament_n be_v not_o put_v in_o better_a case_n be_v not_o in_o worse_a glendoich_n reporter_n mr._n john_n hay_o clerk_n d._n 425._o inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la eod_a die_v in_o the_o same_o case_n it_o be_v find_v that_o a_o instrument_n of_o requisition_n be_v null_a because_o it_o do_v not_o bear_v that_o the_o procuratory_n be_v produce_v and_o a_o instrument_n be_v produce_v extend_v under_o the_o notar_n hand_n and_o be_v quarrel_v upon_o the_o ground_n foresay_a the_o lord_n do_v not_o allow_v the_o notar_n to_o give_v out_o a_o other_o instrument_n bear_v the_o procuratory_n to_o be_v produce_v nor_o do_v admit_v probation_n by_o witness_n that_o the_o procuratory_n be_v produce_v see_v such_o solemnity_n be_v not_o presume_v and_o can_v be_v prove_v by_o witness_n but_o by_o valide_fw-la and_o formal_a instrument_n and_o a_o notar_n have_v give_v out_o a_o instrument_n that_o be_v defective_a can_v thereafter_o give_v a_o other_o to_o supply_v the_o defect_n otherways_o the_o question_n be_v betwixt_o the_o creditor_n who_o have_v do_v lawful_a diligence_n and_o a_o donator_n it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o a_o notar_n to_o prefer_v and_o gratify_v either_o party_n as_o he_o shall_v be_v prevail_v with_o either_o to_o give_v out_o or_o not_o to_o give_v another_o instrument_n d._n 426._o inglis_n contra_fw-la lawrie_n eod_a die_v some_o of_o the_o lord_n be_v of_o the_o opinion_n that_o a_o husband_n may_v give_v valid_o during_o marriage_n to_o his_o wife_n a_o provision_n or_o jointure_n where_o there_o be_v no_o contract_n of_o marriage_n but_o that_o the_o wife_n can_v not_o give_v to_o the_o husband_n though_o there_o be_v not_o a_o contract_n of_o marriage_n and_o that_o she_o may_v revock_n any_o such_o donation_n which_o appear_v to_o be_v hard_a and_o unequal_a actor_n colt_n alteri_fw-la dalrymple_n mr._n thomas_n hay_o clerk_n but_o this_o point_n be_v not_o decide_v d._n 427._o fordel_n contra_fw-la caribber_n 16._o january_n 1677._o in_o a_o reduction_n at_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o laird_n of_o fordel_n against_o monteeth_n of_o caribber_n of_o a_o disposition_n grant_v by_o monteeth_n of_o randyfurd_a to_o caribber_v upon_o that_o reason_n that_o the_o say_a disposition_n be_v not_o deliver_v but_o be_v lie_v by_o the_o defunct_a in_o his_o charter_n chest_n and_o blank_a in_o the_o name_n and_o date_n and_o that_o the_o defender_n intromet_v with_o the_o same_o unwarrantable_o and_o fill_v up_o his_o name_n the_o lord_n ordain_v certain_a person_n who_o be_v go_v to_o france_n to_o be_v examine_v before_o debate_n reserve_v to_o themselves_o to_o consider_v what_o their_o deposition_n shall_v work_v though_o it_o may_v appear_v hard_a that_o a_o write_v shall_v be_v take_v away_o by_o witness_n yet_o the_o reason_n be_v relevant_a and_o in_o fact_n and_o resolve_v in_o dole_n and_o fraud_n it_o may_v be_v prove_v by_o witness_n mr._n john_n hay_o clerk_n d._n 428._o stewart_n of_o ardvorlich_n contra_fw-la riddoch_n eod_a die_v david_n riddoch_n by_o contract_n of_o marriage_n betwixt_o his_o son_n alexander_n and_o jonet_n ballentyne_n do_v dispone_v to_o the_o say_v alexander_n his_o estate_n and_o thereafter_o do_v dispone_v the_o same_o to_o his_o second_o son_n david_n riddoch_n for_o payment_n and_o with_o the_o burden_n of_o all_o his_o debt_n who_o do_v thereafter_o dispone_v the_o same_o to_o stewart_n of_o ardvorlich_n for_o a_o just_a price_n the_o say_v stewart_n of_o ardvorlich_n pursue_v a_o reduction_n of_o the_o disposition_n contain_v in_o the_o say_v alexander_n his_o contract_n of_o marriage_n upon_o that_o reason_n that_o the_o say_a contract_n of_o marriage_n be_v not_o deliver_v to_o the_o say_v alexander_n at_o the_o least_o there_o be_v but_o only_o one_o double_a subscribe_v the_o same_o be_v give_v back_o to_o david_n riddoch_n the_o father_n and_o be_v lie_v by_o he_o the_o time_n of_o his_o decease_n and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v never_o intend_v that_o any_o other_o use_n shall_v be_v make_v of_o the_o say_a contract_n but_o only_o in_o order_n to_o get_v a_o marriage_n to_o the_o say_v alexander_n as_o be_v provide_v to_o the_o say_a estate_n in_o swa_o far_o as_o the_o say_a disposition_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o say_v alexander_n be_v without_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o disponer_n debt_n which_o be_v very_o great_a and_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o reserve_v his_o liferent_a whereunto_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o the_o contract_n be_v a_o mutual_a evident_a subscribe_v by_o both_o party_n and_o that_o marriage_n have_v follow_v upon_o the_o same_o and_o therefore_o it_o can_v not_o be_v take_v away_o upon_o the_o pretence_n of_o not_o delivery_n the_o lord_n find_v that_o though_o the_o contract_n have_v be_v beside_o the_o father_n the_o time_n of_o his_o decease_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v consider_v as_o instrumentum_fw-la penes_fw-la debitorem_fw-la be_v a_o mutual_a evident_a but_o thereafter_o it_o be_v reply_v that_o the_o pursuer_fw-mi offer_v to_o prove_v that_o not_o only_o the_o say_a contract_n be_v lie_v by_o the_o disponer_n the_o time_n of_o his_o decease_n but_o a_o assignation_n blank_a of_o the_o say_a contract_n which_o be_v in_o the_o disponer_n hand_n be_v in_o effect_n a_o retrocession_n or_o discharge_v of_o the_o disposition_n contain_v in_o the_o contract_n which_o reply_v the_o lord_n find_v relevant_a in_o praesentia_fw-la this_o reply_n be_v find_v also_o probable_a prout_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la d._n 429._o cuningham_n contra_fw-la halyburton_n eod_a die_v the_o lord_n find_v that_o a_o tacksman_n of_o land_n within_o burgh_n may_v be_v remove_v if_o he_o be_v behind_o in_o payment_n of_o his_o duty_n unless_o he_o find_v caution_n as_o to_o the_o future_a in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o tacksman_n of_o land_n in_o the_o country_n forret_fw-la reporter_n gibson_n clerk_n d._n 430._o ______o contra_fw-la ______o eod_fw-la die_v the_o lord_n find_v that_o a_o burgess_n of_o the_o town_n though_o he_o be_v not_o incola_fw-la if_o he_o trade_v may_v be_v stent_v for_o payment_n of_o his_o majesty_n taxation_n d._n 431._o earl_n of_o glencairn_n contra_fw-la brisbain_n eod_a die_v the_o lord_n find_v in_o the_o case_n abovementioned_a glencairn_n contra_fw-la brisbaine_n that_o the_o true_a value_n of_o the_o land_n shall_v be_v prove_v to_o the_o effect_n it_o may_v be_v know_v whether_o the_o price_n be_v adequate_a or_o not_o and_o albeit_o the_o land_n have_v not_o be_v labour_v by_o tenant_n be_v still_o in_o the_o heretors_n hand_n the_o value_n may_v and_o ought_v to_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o sowe_a and_o increase_n and_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o land_n and_o what_o land_n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o like_a quantity_n and_o quality_n may_v be_v set_v for_o and_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o that_o now_o the_o earl_n of_o glencairn_n offer_v 2000_o mark_n more_o in_o respect_n the_o land_n may_v have_v be_v improven_v or_o the_o say_a offer_n may_v be_v make_v upon_o picque_n or_o emulation_n hatton_n reporter_n mr._n thomas_n hay_o clerk_n in_o this_o case_n the_o lord_n allow_v a_o conjunct_a probation_n d._n 432._o caribber_n contra_fw-la fordel_n 17._o january_n 1677._o this_o day_n again_o in_o the_o case_n abovementioned_a caribber_v contra_fw-la fordel_n the_o lord_n do_v find_v upon_o a_o bill_n give_v in_o by_o caribber_n that_o albeit_o write_v can_v be_v take_v away_o but_o by_o write_v direct_o and_o that_o a_o disposition_n can_v not_o be_v take_v away_o but_o by_o a_o renounciation_n or_o some_o other_o write_v where_o there_o be_v no_o question_n as_o to_o the_o validity_n and_o formality_n of_o the_o same_o
sr._n john_n nisbet_n of_o dirleton_n lord_n advocate_n one_o of_o the_o senator_n of_o the_o college_n of_o justice_n and_o one_o of_o his_o majesty_n most_o honorable_n privy_a council_n etc_n discâ—â—e_fw-la justitiam_fw-la d._n paton_n delin_a r._n white_a sculp_v some_o doubt_n &_o question_n in_o the_o law_n especial_o of_o scotland_n as_o also_o some_o decision_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o council_n and_o session_n collect_v &_o observe_v by_o sir_n john_n nisbet_n of_o dirleton_n advocate_n to_o king_n charles_n ii_o to_o which_o be_v add_v a_o index_n for_o find_v the_o principal_a matter_n in_o the_o say_a decision_n edinburgh_n print_v by_o george_n mosman_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n in_o the_o parliament-closs_n anno_fw-la dom._n m.dc.xcviii_o advertisement_n to_o the_o reader_n the_o decease_a sir_n john_n nisbet_n of_o dirleton_n his_o ability_n in_o the_o law_n and_o general_o in_o all_o learning_n procure_v he_o the_o employment_n of_o king_n advocate_n and_o one_o of_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n and_o other_o honourable_a place_n deserve_o confer_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o late_a majesty_n king_n charles_n the_o second_o his_o long_a practice_n and_o profound_a knowledge_n in_o our_o law_n give_v the_o rise_n to_o the_o follow_a doubt_n and_o question_n which_o if_o he_o have_v live_v he_o will_v have_v answer_v and_o clear_v as_o he_o have_v do_v many_o of_o they_o to_o the_o great_a satisfaction_n of_o our_o able_a lawyer_n and_o great_a improvement_n of_o our_o law_n the_o decision_n be_v what_o his_o leisure_n from_o public_a office_n can_v allow_v he_o to_o observe_v and_o be_v ever_o think_v so_o succinct_a and_o judicious_a that_o most_o lawyer_n be_v at_o pain_n to_o cause_v copy_n they_o from_o the_o common_a manuscript_n though_o neither_o full_a nor_o correct_a which_o now_o in_o the_o print_n be_v careful_o help_v at_o edinburgh_n the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o july_n 1697._o year_n the_o lord_n of_o his_o majesty_n privy_a council_n do_v hereby_o grant_v to_o george_n mosman_n stationer_n burges_n of_o edinburgh_n his_o heir_n or_o assigney_n the_o sole_a privilege_n of_o print_v and_o sell_v a_o book_n entitle_v some_o doubt_n and_o question_n of_o the_o law_n especial_o of_o scotland_n as_o also_o the_o decision_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n observe_v by_o sir_n john_n nisbet_n of_o dirleton_n advocate_n to_o his_o majesty_n king_n charles_n the_o second_o together_o with_o a_o index_n to_o the_o say_n decision_n and_o discharge_v all_o other_o person_n whatsoever_o to_o re-print_n vend_n sell_n or_o import_n any_o of_o the_o say_n book_n for_o the_o space_n of_o nineteen_o year_n after_o the_o day_n and_o date_n hereof_o under_o the_o pain_n and_o penalty_n of_o the_o confiscation_n of_o the_o say_v book_n to_o the_o say_v george_n mosman_n for_o his_o own_o use_n and_o behoof_n and_o of_o the_o sum_n of_o a_o hundred_o pound_n scot_n to_o be_v pay_v by_o the_o re-printers_a seller_n or_o importer_n of_o the_o say_a book_n to_o the_o say_v george_n mosman_n extract_v by_o i_o gilb_n eliot_n cls._n sti._n cons_n listen_v of_o the_o several_a head_n of_o the_o follow_a doubt_n and_o question_n a._n adjudication_n page_n 1_o advocation_n by_o the_o justice_n 2._o alimenta_fw-la 3._o altarage_v ib._n annexation_n to_o a_o barony_n in_o another_o shire_n ib._n annualrent_a ib._n annualrent_a for_o damnage_v 4_o right_n of_o annualrent_a ib._n relic_n annuity_n 5._o annus_fw-la vtilis_fw-la ib._n appellatio_fw-la ib._n appellatio_fw-la a_o camera_fw-la imperiali_fw-la ib._n de_fw-fr appellatione_fw-la a_o praefecto_fw-la praetorio_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la judicum_fw-la sententiis_fw-la 6._o appellatio_fw-la a_o vicario_n ib._n approbatio_fw-la ib._n arrestment_n 7._o arrestment_n of_o conditional_a debt_n 8._o arrestment_n louse_v ib._n per_fw-la aversionem_fw-la ib._n b._n backbond_n to_o the_o exchequer_n ib._n bairn_n part._n 9_o bond_n heritable_a ib._n bond_n movable_a 10._o bond_n of_o provision_n to_o child_n ib._n bond_n of_o relief_n ib._n baron_fw-fr court_n 11._o bastard_n ib._n bishop_n 12._o bishop_n debt_n ib._n bodomaria_n page_n burgh_n liferent_a escheat_n ib._n c._n camera_fw-la imperialis_fw-la ib._n caption_n ib._n casualty_n of_o superiority_n 13._o causa_fw-la cum_fw-la qua_fw-la res_fw-la transit_fw-la ib._n cautioner_n and_o relief_n ib._n chaplainrie_n ib._n charge_v to_o enter_v heir_n 14._o chattel_n real_a ib._n child_n and_o creditor_n ib._n child_n provision_n ib._n civitas_n ib._n clause_n in_o contract_n of_o marriage_n 15._o coal_n 16._o collation_n ib._n commission_n not_o to_o expire_v morte_fw-la mandatoris_fw-la 17._o commissioner_n to_o the_o parliament_n ib._n commontes_n ib._n common_a appendant_a 18._o communio_fw-la ib._n compensation_n ib._n composition_n for_o entry_n 19_o compriser_n ib._n comprise_v ib._n infeftment_n upon_o comprise_v 23._o conditio_fw-la ib._n confession_n by_o criminal_n 24._o confirmation_n ib._n confiscation_n 26._o confusione_n tollitur_fw-la obligatio_fw-la ib._n conjunct-fiar_n 27._o conquest_n 27._o consensus_fw-la 28._o consensus_fw-la domini_fw-la ib._n consent_n ib._n anent_o consistory_n whereby_o the_o usefulness_n and_o necessity_n of_o these_o court_n be_v evince_v and_o doubt_n and_o prejudices_fw-la against_o they_o be_v clear_v 29._o consolidation_n 35._o decreet_n contra_fw-la consortes_fw-la 36._o corporation_n 37._o creditor_n of_o the_o defunct_a ib._n person_n convict_v of_o capital_a crime_n ib._n curator_n ib._n curatores_fw-la ad_fw-la lites_n ib._n d._n damnum_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la utitur_fw-la jure_fw-la svo_fw-la 38._o deathbed_n ib._n debtor_n and_o creditor_n 39_o nomina_fw-la debitorum_fw-la ib._n stranger_n debt_n ib._n debitum_fw-la annuum_fw-la 40._o debitum_fw-la in_o diem_fw-la ib._n decimae_fw-la ib._n decreet_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n ib._n deed_n both_o inter_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortis_fw-la causa_fw-la ib._n dependence_n 41._o destination_n of_o succession_n ib._n desuetudo_fw-la ib._n dies_fw-la coeptus_fw-la ib._n dilapidation_n ib._n dishablitation_n 42._o power_n to_o dispone_n notwithstanding_o the_o give_v away_o the_o right_n of_o fee_n ib._n dispositio_fw-la collata_fw-la in_o arbitrium_fw-la alterius_fw-la ib._n disposition_n 43._o actio_fw-la ad_fw-la distractum_fw-la 43._o division_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o land_n betwixt_o buyer_n and_o seller_n ib._n donatio_fw-la inter_fw-la virum_fw-la &_o vxorem_fw-la ib._n donatio_fw-la mortis_fw-la causa_fw-la 44._o donatio_fw-la non_fw-la acceptata_fw-la ib._n donator_n upon_o recognition_n and_o forefaulture_n 45._o duel_n and_o hame-sucken_a ib._n e._n emancipatio_fw-la ib._n contractus_fw-la emptionis_fw-la a_o pretio_fw-la incipiens_fw-la aut_fw-la mensura_fw-la ib._n what_o way_n the_o buyer_n may_v be_v urge_v to_o enter_z ib._n entry_n of_o assigney_n upon_o resignation_n 46._o entry_n upon_o resignation_n by_o a_o singular_a successor_n ib._n liferent_a escheat_n ib._n escheat_n single_a 48._o escheat_n without_o backbond_n ib._n deliver_v evident_n 49._o exception_n against_o the_o cedent_fw-la if_o always_o competent_a against_o the_o assigney_n ib._n executor_n ib._n executor_n creditor_n 52._o executor_n nominate_v ib._n executory_a ib._n extent_n 54_o extinguishment_n of_o right_n ib._n f._n faculty_n to_o alter_v ib._n faculty_n to_o dispone_n ib._n jus_fw-la facultatis_fw-la ib._n personal_a faculty_n 55._o quae_fw-la facultatis_fw-la sint_fw-la ib._n quomodo_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la facultati_fw-la non_fw-la praescribi_fw-la ib._n faculty_n reserve_v to_o dispone_v ib._n fee_n 56._o de_fw-fr feodo_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la &_o nominum_fw-la 57_o feus_n 67._o f_o uda_fw-la nobilia_fw-la ib._n fire_n ib._n fiar_n of_o bond_n 68_o fiar_n in_o tailÈy_n 69._o fictio_fw-la juris_fw-la 70._o fiscus_n ib._n commissa_fw-la fisco_fw-la ib._n flumina_fw-la ib._n flumina_fw-la publica_n ib._n forfeiture_n 71_o forisfamiliation_n 77_o funeral_n charge_n ib_o g._n gestio_fw-la haeredis_fw-la 78._o gift_n ib._n gift_n of_o escheat_n with_o backbond_n 79._o gift_n of_o forefaulture_n ib._n gift_n of_o recognition_n ib._n gift_n of_o ward_n 80._o if_o gift_n of_o ward_n and_o nonentry_n prejudge_v singular_a successor_n ib._n good_n belong_v to_o the_o rebel_n at_o the_o horn._n ib._n grana_n crescentia_fw-la ib._n great_a seal_n 81._o h._n heir_n ib._n behave_v as_o heir_n 82._o heir_n of_o conquest_n ib._n discussion_n of_o heir_n 83._o heir_n and_o executor_n ib._n heir_n male_n 84._o obligement_n in_o contract_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o marriage_n 85._o heir_n portioner_n 87._o heir_n of_o provision_n and_o substitute_n ib._n heir_n of_o tailÈie_n ib._n quo_fw-la casu_fw-la heir_n of_o tailÈie_n may_v be_v consider_v as_o creditor_n 88_o haereditas_fw-la 89._o aditio_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la ib._n haeres_fw-la contrahens_fw-la ib._n repudiatio_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la ib._n servus_n haeres_fw-la ib._n vltimus_fw-la haeres_fw-la ib._n heirship_n movable_a 90._o money_n consign_v for_o redemption_n whether_o heritable_a or_o movable_a ib._n sum_n heritable_a or_o movable_a ib._n homologation_n ib._n horning_n 91._o how_o far_o a_o husband_n be_v liable_a for_o his_o wife_n debt_n ib._n de_fw-fr hypothecis_n vulgo_fw-la wadsetts_n 92._o tacite_fw-la hypotheck_n 94._o i._o
of_o teind_n ib._n tailÈy_n 197._o tailÈie_o alter_v 201._o teind_n 202._o teind_v of_o fish_n ib._n prove_v the_o tenor._n ib._n decreet_n for_o prove_v the_o tenor._n 203._o terce_n ib._n territorium_fw-la 205._o testament_n ib._n testament_n execute_v 206._o testament_n and_o the_o wife_n part_n ib._n testes_fw-la 208._o three_o and_o teind_v ib._n title_n of_o honour_n ib._n titular_a 209._o tocher_n ib._n quaestiones_fw-la de_fw-la tractatu_fw-la suedico_fw-la &_o bonis_fw-la prohibitis_fw-la vulgo_fw-la counterband_n 210._o posterity_n of_o traitor_n 214._o transumpt_n 215._o trebellianica_fw-la ib._n trust_n ib._n trustee_n in_o infeftment_n ib._n a_o trustee_n commit_v treason_n ib._n tutor_n 216._o tutor_n and_o administrator_n of_o law_n 217._o tutor_n ratione_fw-la rei_fw-la ib._n tutory_a ib._n v._o re-entering_a of_o vassal_n 218._o vectigalia_fw-la &_o pedagia_fw-la ib._n vinco_fw-la vincentem_fw-la ib._n u._n union_n ib._n vniversalia_fw-la augmentum_fw-la recipiunt_fw-la 219._o quando_fw-la vniversitas_fw-la delinquit_fw-la ib._n w_o wadset_n ib._n wadset_fw-la heretable_n or_o movable_a 220._o wadset_v proper_a ib._n ward_n 221._o ward_n land_n 222._o tax_v ward_n 223._o warrandice_n ib._n infeftment_n of_o warrandice_n 224._o waste_n ib._n witness_n remit_v ib._n witness_n in_o case_n of_o treason_n ib._n woman_n witness_n ib._n obligement_n to_o employ_v sum_n of_o money_n for_o provision_n of_o wife_n 225._o a_o woman_n jointure_n ib._n wood_n 226._o wrack_n ib._n z._n the_o case_n of_o the_o admiralty_n of_o orknay_n and_o zetland_n represent_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o king_n in_o answer_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o lennox_n claim_n thereto_o ib._n errata_fw-la in_o the_o doubt_n etc._n etc._n page_n 2._o lin_v 16_o after_o posterior_n add_v first_o p._n 10._o l._n 21._o give_v read_v get_v p._n 16._o l._n penult_n deal_n or_o p._n 19_o l._n ult_n place_n the_o comma_n after_o only_a p._n 23._o l._n 8._o right_a r._n burden_n p._n 25._o l._n 3._o be_v r._n be_v ibid._n deal_n and._n p._n 26._o l._n 13._o after_o disponner_n add_v a_o i_o &_o de_fw-mi i_o p._n 61._o l._n 22._o r._n in_o comperto_fw-la p._n 82._o l._n 11._o of_o kin_n r._n heir_n of_o tailÈie_n p._n 83._o l._n 12._o after_o unless_o add_v tailÈy_v p._n 84_o l._n penult_n male_n l_n 1._o male_n be_v p._n 99_o l._n 19_o after_o use_n add_v of_o p._n 102._o l._n 29._o 1._o confirmatione_fw-la p._n 114._o l._n 7._o aditur_fw-la r._n auditur_fw-la ibid._n l._n 41._o r._n pertinebat_fw-la p._n 122._o l._n 20._o nor_o r._n but._n p._n 130._o l._n 7_o immediate_n r._n mediate_a p._n 133._o l._n 10._o against_o the_o price_n r._n against_o the_o buyer_n p._n 170._o l._n 45._o r._n oblectari_fw-la p._n 184._o l._n 11._o null_n r._n movable_a p._n 195._o l._n â—9_n second_o r._n first_o p_o 198._o l._n 8._o deal_n male_a p._n 218._o l._n 14._o after_o but_o add_v if_o some_o doubt_n and_o question_n in_o the_o law_n especial_o of_o scotland_n a._n adjudication_n by_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n upon_o comprising_n or_o adjudication_n for_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n the_o superior_a may_v be_v force_v to_o enter_v or_o to_o pay_v the_o debt_n quaeritur_fw-la if_o he_o may_v be_v urge_v to_o enter_v upon_o adjudication_n proceed_v upon_o disposition_n in_o prejudice_n of_o the_o superior_a by_o obtrude_a a_o vassal_n see_v in_o that_o case_n he_o have_v not_o retractum_fw-la feudalem_fw-la a_o vassal_n have_v make_v a_o disposition_n or_o grant_v a_o bond_n for_o dispone_v his_o land_n will_v the_o superior_a be_v oblige_v to_o infeft_v upon_o adjudication_n ratio_fw-la dubitandi_fw-la that_o the_o superior_a by_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n be_v oblige_v only_o to_o infeft_v compryser_n or_o adjudger_n be_v lawful_a creditor_n and_o he_o have_v retractum_fw-la feudalem_fw-la pay_v the_o creditor_n and_o the_o debtor_n have_v retractum_fw-la legalem_fw-la which_o be_v not_o in_o the_o case_n of_o disposition_n if_o land_n shall_v be_v adjudge_v from_o the_o appearand_a heir_n of_o ward-land_n whether_o will_v the_o appearand_a heir_n marriage_n be_v due_a and_o affect_v the_o say_n land_n in_o prejudice_n of_o the_o adjudger_n answer_n albeit_o that_o it_o appear_v that_o marriage_n shall_v be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o ward_n which_o be_v not_o real_a as_o to_o singular_a successor_n the_o superior_a have_v only_o right_o to_o the_o duty_n which_o he_o may_v uplift_v and_o ex_fw-la stilo_fw-it of_o a_o novo_fw-la damus_fw-la marriage_n be_v not_o reckon_v among_o real_a encumbrance_n yet_o in_o the_o case_n of_o thornidikes_n the_o lord_n have_v find_v marriage_n real_a whether_o as_o reversion_n that_o be_v comprise_v need_v no_o intimation_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o series_n of_o solemnity_n that_o be_v in_o comprysing_n by_o which_o they_o become_v so_o public_a that_o they_o be_v presume_v to_o be_v know_v to_o the_o person_n liable_a if_o there_o be_v not_o eadem_fw-la ratio_fw-la in_o adjudication_n be_v now_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o ordinary_a decreet_n if_o at_o least_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o bond_n and_o reversion_n so_o that_o as_o to_z bond_n when_o there_o be_v a_o competition_n of_o two_o compryser_n the_o posterior_n intimate_v shall_v be_v prefer_v if_o superior_n who_o be_v subject_n only_o will_v be_v oblige_v to_o receive_v adjudger_n to_o be_v their_o vassal_n have_v adjudge_v not_o for_o debt_n but_o upon_o disposition_n and_o if_o the_o king_n be_v in_o another_o condition_n if_o upon_o a_o disposition_n the_o receiver_n shall_v obtain_v sentence_n for_o damnage_n and_o interest_n against_o the_o disponer_n his_o heir_n for_o implement_n if_o in_o that_o case_n the_o adjudger_n ought_v to_o be_v receive_v ratio_fw-la dubitandi_fw-la that_o primordium_fw-la inspiciendum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o upon_o the_o matter_n there_o be_v not_o a_o debt_n ab_fw-la initio_fw-la if_o a_o reduction_n exit_fw-la capite_fw-la minoritatis_fw-la not_o be_v intent_a at_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o minor_a jus_fw-la actionis_fw-la may_v be_v adjudge_v a_o heretable_a bond_n be_v adjudge_v though_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o intimation_n because_o adjudication_n and_o comprysing_n be_v public_a right_n upon_o record_n quaeritur_fw-la if_o the_o debtor_n pay_v bona_fw-la fide_fw-la to_o the_o person_n to_o who_o he_o grant_v the_o bond_n will_v be_v in_o tuto_fw-la the_o say_a adjudication_n not_o be_v intimate_a answer_n it_o be_v think_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v in_o tuto_fw-la see_v intimation_n be_v require_v for_o two_o effect_n viz._n either_o to_o complete_a the_o right_n be_v assignation_n or_o to_o certiorate_v the_o debtor_n that_o he_o make_v payment_n to_o no_o other_o person_n and_o though_o a_o adjudication_n be_v sufficient_a as_o to_o the_o say_v first_o effect_v a_o intimation_n be_v necessary_a as_o to_o the_o other_o unless_o the_o debtor_n be_v call_v in_o the_o adjudication_n advocation_n by_o the_o justice_n if_o the_o justice_n may_v advocate_n to_o themselves_o criminal_a process_n depend_v before_o lord_n of_o regality_n or_o other_o judge_n it_o be_v think_v the_o lord_n of_o justiciary_a can_v advocate_n the_o take_v or_o advocate_a process_n from_o a_o competent_a judicatory_a upon_o reason_n of_o advocation_n be_v a_o power_n and_o prerogative_n belong_v to_o his_o majesty_n be_v supreme_a judicatory_n of_o session_n and_o council_n and_o reason_n of_o advocation_n either_o upon_o suspicion_n or_o some_o other_o reason_n mere_o civil_a or_o of_o state_n belong_v not_o to_o the_o cognisance_n of_o the_o justice_n but_o to_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n and_o council_n if_o they_o be_v to_o advocate_n the_o reason_n of_o advocation_n behoove_v to_o be_v first_o discuss_v and_o what_o can_v be_v the_o method_n since_o all_o process_n before_o the_o justice_n be_v so_o peremptory_a that_o caution_n must_v be_v find_v both_o by_o the_o pursuer_fw-mi and_o defender_n alimenta_fw-la constituto_fw-la semel_fw-la alimento_n quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la in_o jure_fw-la magis_fw-la favorabile_fw-la aut_fw-la magis_fw-la personale_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la nec_fw-la alienatio_fw-la nec_fw-la transactio_fw-la rité_fw-fr celebratur_fw-la datur_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la persona_fw-la exhibeatur_fw-la &_o vicunque_fw-la vitam_fw-la toleret_fw-la mirum_fw-la igitur_fw-la advocatos_fw-la primi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la tanto_fw-la conatu_fw-la &_o boatu_fw-la summa_fw-la open_a annisos_fw-la ut_fw-la judicibus_fw-la persuaderent_fw-la aut_fw-la imponerent_fw-la asserentes_fw-la alimentum_fw-la uxori_fw-la constitutum_fw-la juri_fw-la mariti_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la creditoribus_fw-la mariti_fw-la esse_fw-la integrum_fw-la illud_fw-la afficere_fw-la quod_fw-la enim_fw-la ossibus_fw-la haeret_fw-la nec_fw-la a_o persona_fw-la cvi_fw-la competit_fw-la avelli_fw-la aut_fw-la alienari_fw-la potest_fw-la illud_fw-la nec_fw-la juris_fw-la ministerio_fw-la aut_fw-la fictione_n transfertur_fw-la quum_fw-la igitur_fw-la alimentum_fw-la adeo_fw-la personale_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la superius_fw-la diximus_fw-la ut_fw-la alienari_fw-la nequit_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la uxore_fw-la nubendo_fw-la in_o maritum_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la transferri_fw-la tacitâ_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la alienatione_fw-la sublato_fw-la autem_fw-la
enter_v to_o the_o possession_n of_o land_n whereof_o the_o defunct_a be_v in_o possession_n but_o his_o title_n be_v find_v thereafter_o to_o be_v void_a will_v his_o medle_a import_n behaviour_n &_o aditionem_fw-la passive_a gift_n the_o late_a king_n have_v grant_v to_o a_o certain_a person_n the_o gift_n of_o a_o office_n at_o his_o majesty_n presentation_n there_o be_v a_o gift_n of_o the_o say_a office_n grant_v to_o another_o person_n by_o one_o have_v right_o by_o a_o late_a gift_n to_o present_v to_o the_o say_a office_n notwithstanding_o that_o the_o person_n who_o have_v the_o former_a gift_n ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la or_o culpam_fw-la be_v yet_o live_v and_o be_v not_o deprive_v and_o it_o be_v now_o desire_a that_o his_o majesty_n shall_v not_o only_o ratify_v the_o say_v late_a gift_n but_o that_o of_o his_o certain_a knowledge_n proper_a motive_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o prerogative_n he_o shall_v give_v a_o new_a gift_n of_o the_o say_a office_n revock_v and_o annul_v 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