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[1634] Mor 16859      
Subject_1 WRIT.
Subject_2 SECT. III.

Writer of the Deed.

Lord Johnston
 v.
Earl Queensberry

Date: 26 June 1634
Case No. No. 77.

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The act 179, parl. 1593, requires, That the writer's name and designation be inserted in the body of the writ before inserting the witnesses. This act was found only to extend to obligations, contracts, and such like, not to actus legitimi, such as a sasine

 Durie.

*** This case is No. 37. p. 2718. voce Competent.

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