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[1559] Mor 12629      
Subject_1 PROOF.
Subject_2 DIVISION IV.

Private Deed, how far probative.
Subject_3 SECT. VI.

Extrajudicial Declarations, Certificates, &c.

Andro Rutherfurd
 v.
James Dempstar

Date: 7 June 1559
Case No. No 524.

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Confessioun maid be ony man outwith judgment, and instrument tane thairupon, is sufficient probatioun aganis the maker thairof in judgment; as gif ony man havand ony gudis or geir in his possessioun, confessit the samin to appertene to ane uther, and the uther, or ony in his name, tak instrument thairupon, the samin preivis sufficientlie that the gudis pertenis to that uther.

 Fol. Dic. v. 2. p. 262. Balfour, (Confessioun.) No 1. p. 381.

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