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7)e verbontm jignlficattone. The cimfcs of recognition. jLabclLirius vontraffuf. Sindr-ie forties of recognition. Clajifs irri' tint. indorfatitn. jsiracticqu-eof thfs real me, is ■quhen ony vaflall, of free ferment, hald- and his landes be fervice of warde and relieve, feilis andannaliesall and haili his landes with theiv pertinents, or the maift pairt thereof, without licfnce,confent,or confirmation of his over-iorde. in the quhilk' xaife, all and haiilhis landes, alfweill nochc annalied, asannalied, and kalden as ("aid is, may be recognofccd and refaifed in the fuperiouvts handes, and baith the propertie and pofleilion thcirof perteinis to to him to bebruiked, or dilponed be him, at his plcafure.; quhairof divers and findrie pratticques are extant in the Regifter in thedaies ofKing lames thcFourt, of gud memorie. The fuperiour underftanding the landesto be wrangoufiie annalied, as faid is: incontinent theiraf- ter may ufc the recognition theirof, & without prcces, or ovdour of law, may take faifing of the famin, conformeto theauld praftik ofthis realme: Becaufe the lamin alienation is done tohisdifhonour and con- tempt be his vaflal, quha fuld do reverence, and fervice to him, 5c there- fore without his confentfuld nocht do onie thing to diflblve the league and band, quhilkis betuixt them. Mairoverthe vaflal!, may nocht make the faid alienation, becaufetheirby, he may becum puir, annd unable to do to his fuperiour fik fervice, as he fuld doof the law. Cuiac lib..T>e feud. And nocht witbftanding that the faifing is taken be the fuperiour zit the vaflall orpoffeflour tinis nor forfaultis nawaies the propertie of the faides landes, untillzeireanddaie be out-run: Swathat he doe diligence within fourtie daies after the faid recognition, and taking of the faifing, to crave and aske fra his fuperiour the faides landes to himtoborgh, that is to repledge them, findand pledge and caution, that he fallbereddieto do to his fuperiour anent the (aides landes, all that equitieand lawere- quivis. Stat. Rob.s.c-2. This kinde of recognition is conforme to the laws of the fewes, quia feudum amittitur. fifidelislibellario nomine, amplius medietatein feudum dederit, aut pro pignore plus medietate obligavertt. "§. j.quib. mod. feudum amittatur, e?". §.i- denlienationefeudi.Etinjure Canonico.cz. &" ibi.gl- extr.de feud. Vor'O libdlarius contraBus dicitur, venditio, qtae fit ficripturainterveniente, certo pretio, C" certa pen/tone con- fiituta,in ar.nosfingnos,ut pofi Feudifras ficribit Cuiac in <i,§.i. Recogni- tion of landes is fum times generallie taken monie waies. Slat-Rob 3.r. nota quod ifle .21 . Firft gifthe vaflall deceafis the fuperiour may re- cognofce, and reteine all the landes halden of him untill they be re- covered fra him be the entrefle ot the righteous aire, and that be rea- foil of nonc-entres. 2 After that the aire hes recovered the landes, furth of the handes of his fuperiour: Neverthcles the fuperiour may recognofce, and reteine the famin, until fecuritie be maid to him for payment of the relieve. 3 Gif the vaflall is fugitive for flauchter, and nocht law bidand, the fuperiour may recognofce the land halden of himfelfe, fa lang as the fe- lon or manflayer happenis to live. Coniorme to the qiihilk be the aftes of Parliament, the liferent of the vaflal, being zeir & daie at the horn perteins to the immediat fuperiour, except he be rebel] for trcafon, in thequhilk cafe;, his life-rent, & all his lands, gudes and geare moveable, Sc immove- able, perteinis to the King allanerlie, Qjtia pceni debet eidem applicari ad- •verfius quern committitur cupa.. Gifthe vaflall annalies his landes, or the maift pairt thereof, without licence, confente, or confirmation of his Over-lord; The Overlord may recognofce the fame, as faid is. Bot in this cafe he is obiifhed to let the landes to borgh, to his vaflall; .askand, and cravand the famin within the lauchfull (pace of fourtie daies, after the recognition ; and faifing taken untill it be tryed be (he judge Ordinal", quhidder the caufe of recognition be lauchfull or nocht, qiihilk being founde lauchfull, the judge fuld counfell the King, and decern onyu- ther fuperiour, to hald his handes fra the landes, and let them to borgh to his vaflall. And gif the caufe be found juft and reafonable; The judge fuld decerne the propertie. and pofleilion ofall and haill the landes, to perteine aud temain with the fuperiour. 5. Cuhcntwa or mair parties contendis be way of deede and armes, for the pofieffionof landes, the fuperiour thereof may recognofce and fequeftrat the famin, untill it be tryed, qiihilk or them is lauchfull pofleflbur ■, and thereafter let the landes to borgh to him, quha is found to have beftricht of th: pofleilion. 6 The fuperiour may recognofce and reteine landes halden of him in chiefe, for fervice aucht to him, furth of the famiii landej. Bot be the prafticque of thisrealme: The fervice aucht to be proven and liquidar, and thereafter the landes may be lauch'ully comprifed- 7 Landes halden in fewferm, payand ane certaine zeirlie dewtie, No- mine fettdiferm£,may be recognofced be the fuperiour.for none payment of the few dutie, & that twa manner of waies. The firft, ex provifione legis, er natura contraBus. For the fewfermorer not payand his few- ferm, for his i ngratitude and un-thankfulnes, tinis and fore-faltis his few- ferm, be the di'pofition of the Law, quhilk as zit was not in prafticque andufe within thisRealme. The fecondeis, ex provifione hominis* et tonditionibus contraftui in- fertis, quhilk is called aneclaufe irritant, as quhenane claufe and provi- sion is conteined in the inteftment, thatiftwaormaatermesruninane of nonpayment of the few-ferm duetie : then and in that cafe,theinfeft- ment offew-ferme to be irritum, null and of nane avail!, quhilk, is con- forme to the dayly prafticque of this realm, Qjtia paRa conventa legem con- trahentibuspriefcriluit- vid.l 1. et Tit.c. de jure emphyteu. AKvaves, be the aftof Parliament maid be la.6.p-i$.C, 2^6. Alienations pflands maid in few-ferm, are null for not payment otthe fewe-dueries, be the fpaceof twa zeires, albeit na paftion or provifion be maidthereanentcinthein- feftment. RECORDUM, Recordatiolib.i.c. contingit 31, quhair-anent I finde .difficultie Alwayes recordafiummonitionis, fi^nifiesthe rehearle,report,or teftification of the execution uf the fiimmondes, brieve, or uther precept. a. i./ 9. c. ii2. qtdulk execution) is now called ludorfation. Becaufe commounly it is written in dorfo, and upon the backe of the iummondes., "fyllment of CoXfti. leg.Forefi.c-2y Slid be the pi.iftkk and daylie confuctude of thisRealme zit obferved, the execution of all brieues before inferiou*' judges, and of all criminal! fummondes before the three Effaitcs in Parliament, are ve- rified in judgement, be the record of ihe executor theirof, and twa wh- iles at thelealt And in auld times the ferjandes, or maires, maid the re- cord of the fuimnondes, be word, or be writ, a* they pleafed: and verifi- ed the famin zsJaidis- And untill the famin were done, the defender could nocht be compelled to make ane ahfwer. lib.i.i. cumantetn.%. de indict. 50; And King David thefecond.ig. Febr. 13O9. andofhisrei"ne tlK founie zeire, ftatute and ordaiiKd annent the record of ferjandes, or maires, that the fummounds & record theirof, falbc put in wrcit "if in pleafe the ferjand or mair, and he fal reade the famin gif he can, in plaine court Uth'erwaies, he may make the record be word : in the beft form he maj', and gif lie tailzies, he may be helped and fupplied beinrerrogatours of the judge, concerning all and fundrie claufes orartickles, neceflarlie ufed in the record of ane fummondes, quhilk record the ferjand or mairc fall prieve fufficiciuhe belauchful witnes- And the faid record being fwa maid, the famin falbe receavedas lauchfull, and the contrair partie fall nocht be heard, to objeft againft the lame, or to propone ony exception: againft thelauchfulncs theitof: And it fall be leifum to the fchireffe, his depute, ferjand, tnajr of fie, or onie utherdepute fervingin the office of ane ferjand or mair, be the authentic ofthe'King, or ofo.nie uther have- ing power to make rchearfall of the fummondes of the record or indor- fation theirof, fwa that they be qualified, and abtll to doe the famin. la. i.p.9.c.i 12. ITEM, recordum curU, fignifies the repo#, rehearfdll, or minute of that quhilk is done in court or the interloquutour of thecourte- lib. t. c. contingit. 3 1. Qj<o. attach. c mttus feBatcur.. 20. In the Normand law. li.9.c.?,i.vid.Seccatorvid farda. quhilk in auld times was nocht written inbuiks, batinrolledtogidderin paper. Like as theKingesiollesarezit written in parchement in the Checker; Therefore they are called the rol- ment of court. As the Kingesrolles or rotuli, andtheCleaike ofReniftar clericttsrotulorum, in btineproperlie voltimiua, quia ini/olvutitur, V in fie quafi retorquenttir. And it is to wit that aftiones and pleyes, areaither diredflie and from the beginning perfewed in ane court: or they cum fra an inferiour court, to ane fuperiour^c) - tranjlationem.lib.i.c. prmterea.16. as quhen ane pley or caufe, is advocat from ane inferiour judge , to ane fuperiour: quhilks advocations ar permitted and leifum to be maid to the Kinges" court allanerlie, be the auld law of this R.ealme, lik as thejuftice courte, or fchiref courre: and nowe be the praftik ufed, and obfetved, to Lords of Seflion, and College of Iuftice ^nd fwa becaufe he quha alle- ged that wrang was done to him in the inferiour courte, raifed there- cord, or interloqtiutorpronunced againft him, and fummoiind the judge to compeire before the Kingis Juflice, or fchiref) toheareandfeehim decerned tohfive done wrang. Therefore fola curia domini regis, dicitur habere recorditm. h- e. Votcfiatem cognofcendi de recorJis &° interloqttutar- ijs,qu(g transffitntiiTitb inferiore curia adfiuperiorcm. Albeit ilk lauchfull court, fik as ane Barrone court, hes their awin recordes, in all fik aftiones as are intended and decided before them, and nocht Advocate to ane fuperiour judge. REGRATER1S . leg. iwg.cregv^Wr/y.yo.Qiihabyisoniemerchan- dice or uther thing, and fakisunlefumlie greater price for the famin after- DsrdantrHi ward, as isexponedbeIa.z.p.6.c 23.24, la.6.p.iz.oi4S.In thecivilUaw, regrateris are called dardanarij quiemunt,vt poffint poflea pluris vendere.l. annonam.6. de var. c extraord. trim. ^ quodam Vardano, qui amionarn fiagellabttt- ^flcidt lib 4 . de verborv.mfigv.ificaiione. And fv a regrateris are fo called be realon of'tlic augmentation and hichting of the prices. Fore ftallares are properlie they quha pre-accupics and bvef. merchandesbe fore it cume to the mercat, or to the ftall, or place quhair it fuld be fauld, or th: time of day ftatute and ordained theirto. la. 5. p.4. c- 20. And mair. over it is ftatute that namandwelland within burgh, or without the fa- min, fill upon the Faire daie, bye onie tiling outwiththeportesof the burgh leg. burg. c. vullus-y <,. And likewaies na perfon fuld bye fifh, fleff), viftuall, or onie uther thing before mercat day, or the ringing of the bell in thefteipell- Stat.gild.c2c>. And mairover lorftallers are challenged, and accufed becaufe they fell their gudes, and payis nocht the KingeS cuftome: that they fell their gudes privatlie upon their awin fluire, that they are fore-byarsof quhear, beare, aits, cattel, Scare coperis and fellers theirof, turnand the famin in merchandke. leg.burg.c. dentodo calumni- andijoriftallatores. 154. RELEtJIUM ane French word, from the Iatine relevate, quhilkis to relieve, or to take up that quhilk is fallen, for it is given be the tennent or vaflall being of perfite age, after the expiring of the warde to his over- lord,of quhome he haldes his landes be knicht fervice,that is be warde and relieve, and be payment thereof he relievis, and as it were raifis up againehis landes, after that they were fallen downe in his fuperioures hands, be reafon of xvaird.lib.2.cdicitHr autem.72. leg.Forefi.c.fiiquis Co- mes 7 3 Jejudic-6 s And the proffites of the landes of the zeire forcfaid, af- ter the end of the waird, quhilk fuld be given in name ofrelieve, are underftande to be the retoured maill, of the faides landes, conforme tt» the new extent thereof. And therefore gif there be bot onelie wairde, and the aire tjnter before ane termerun thereafter, the-King or uther fuperi- our fuld have na re!ieve,<j«M h<e.rede ad £tatepervenknte,et facia et heredi- tatk refiitt'.tione, quietus erit a releuia, ratione cttflodicc.lib.z- c. id.uiem 70. Be theauld law and confuetude of this Rcalme, the fuperiour micht nocht bee compelled after the waird, to reftore the landes to his vaflall, untill he had been firft fatisfied for the relieve : becaufe he had li- bertie to reteine the landes, untill the faid fatisfaftion were maid- Stat- Robs- c- nota quod ifte 2 1 . Or elfe it was lefum to him as he pleafed, to poynd the ground therefore quia dominus patcfi dijtringere tenentes fiuos pro /n» FritfiAlUrsl