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 "persons deserving of being raised to the nobility....". Nor is it clear that confirmation that this requirement has been met is delegable to the Lyon Clerk. While the defender's averments and submissions on the public policy issue have considerable force, given my determination of the other issues, it is not necessary to decide this question. In the absence of fuller argument, I reserve my opinion on this issue.

Decision

[102] It follows that the pursuer's case is ill-founded as is her challenge to the relevancy of aspects of the defender's pleadings. I shall issue an interlocutor to give effect to my determination of the legal issues debated. I reserve meantime all question of expenses.