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 "additaments" are symbols signifying a particular rank.) The policy set out in Lyon Blair's Note was reflected in the 2016 Warrant he issued on the same date. It would appear that Lyon Blair's Note accords with the practice adopted by Lyon Blair between the appointed day and the date that he vacated the office, in respect of persons whose claimed ownership commenced on or after the appointed day.

The practice following the Agreement

[24] Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Agreement were published on the website of the Court of the Lord Lyon on 3 December 2008. Reference was made to an exchange of emails dated 3 December 2008 between the then Lyon Clerk and the solicitor then acting for the Lord Lyon in the Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General for Scotland. The court was advised that the text (with one or two minor differences) was recorded for a time within the FAQs section of the website of the Lyon Court.

[25] An example of Lyon Sellar's policy is seen in the Letters Patent granted to Pier Felice Alberto Renato degli Uberti, dated 31 October 2012. Immediately below Mr Uberti's name, the text stated:

"baron of Cartsburn for aught yet seen", and later stated, under reference to an entry in the Scottish Barony Register, that

"the Petitioner did acquire for aught yet seen the barony of Cartsburn". It also stated that:

"We have (Primo) Officially Recognised as We do by These Presents Officially Recognise the Petitioner in the name Pier Felice Alberto Renato degli Uberti, baron of Cartsburn for aught yet seen". (Emphasis in bold added.)