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 Tie verbcrum Jigmficatione. Difnlttth* is tempiral. Difpofition of landes dif- elved, is pcr- tty.all. The di filiati- on being expi- red, the an- fiexcittonbe- ginnis Jo quicken, and revive. The Ki"g may fee his proper- tie in fe"W- ferme alla- nerlie. The Kings vent at of the properties baith unan- nexed and an- nexed, fuld be Augmented. The annexed propertie r/iay beannalied be s the three E- fiaites. r jtjitidos. Dotalititim. Voarium. Vitalitia. MorganAti- ed landes in fewferme, be vertcwofonie diflolution, maid be his Father or predeceflbui. Albeit diflolution be temporalis faid is, zit the Landes fet and difponed heretablie after the diflolution, remainis perpetuallie with them and their aires, to quhom they ar difponed, after the forme of the conditiones, conteinedin their infeftmentes. And fwathe aliena- tion and difpofition lauchfullic maid, is perpetuall, ey tranfuoria ad bee- tles. Albeit the diflolution be Temporal and perfonall, as faid is. The dl'f- folution expyrand and ccafand, be thedeceafe of the author thereofas faidis : All the landes annexed of before, returnisagaine to the forme 8c nature of the annexation ; Swa that the fame may not be fet in few-ferm, norannaikdbe the King, fucceedandto him, quha maid the difloluti- on j untill ane new lauchfull diflolution be maid thereof be himfelfe-In refpect that all annexationes of their awin nature, ar perpetuall ; and al- beit, they may be interrupted and flayed, for ane certainefpace, beane diflolution-, zit after the ende thereof, the annexation dois quicken, re- vive, and walken, as it were, out of deep, and returnis to the awin perpe- tuall nature,and fwa remainis untill ane new diflolution be maid. The King after ane diflolution, may fet his landes in few-ferme alla- nerlie, and not in blench, or nomine albcefirm<e, nor be fervicc of wardc 8c reliefe, or utherwaies, bot in few-ferme, as faid is. lam 6.par- 1 5. ca.234. The King may not fet his landes in few-ferme, except the famin bee done with exprefle augmentation of his rentall: That is, his greflumes, cuftomes,burrow-mailles,fermes, martes,mutton, pultrie, avarage, cari- age, or ony uther dewties Sc fervice. £uhilk is not only manifeft in the alienation of the annexed propertie : Bot likewifc fuld be obferved and keiped in the difpofition of the un-annexed propertie. Foritiscertaine, that the Kingisofthis realme, the time of their Coronation, makis faith folemnelie, that they fall not annalie, transfer, nordifponetherichtand rents of the crown : As it is ftatute be "David z. 6. No. 1 3 57.8c fa as the K. may not fell the richt of the crowne ; na mair may he annalie the rentes theirof, quhairof the un-annexed propertie is ane parte. Mair-over, albe- it an diflolution is not neceflar in the allicnation of the unannexed pro- pertie (becaufe that quhilk is not bound, requiris na lowfing) zit in al dif- lutions, maid be kingis of this realm ; expres mention is maid baith of the annexed Sc unannexed propertie, tobefetinfewferm, foraugmentatio of the K. retal, quhairby it is certaine, that the an,alfwei! as the uther .be- ing fet in fewferm, canotbe disponed in diminution of the rental. And cocerningthat qualitie 8c condition, expreemed in the form of all dflblu- tiones; the un-annexed, 8c annexed propertie, ar of like nature: Etinboe cafu fan jure cenfentur : Sa that neither the ane, nor the urher, may be dif- poned, with diminution of the rental, utherwife the mention of the un- annexed propertie, in the afts maid annent diflolution, were fuperfluous. Thir ar the fubftantiall conditiones, expreemedin thediflblutiones of the propertie, maid be the Kings of this realme, quhairof, gif ony ane be not obferved, the alienation 8c difpofition maid after the diflolution, is null, 8c of naneavaile :I,6.p.i 5.0 236, By 8c attour, the forme of diflolu- tion abone expreemed ; it is leafum to the King, with ad vife, deliverance 8c decreet of the Vaill parliament, and for great, feandand reafonable caufes, concerning the weil-fare of the realme: firft advifedand digeft- lie confiddered be the three eftaites: To fell,annalie,and difpone the kings annexed propertie- la, 2. parn.cap.41 .Ia,5p.6.c.S4. DOS hes twa fignificationes, Firft it fignifies that quhilk is given to the husband, with the wife, be reafon and in contemplation of mariage In the civill law is called Dos, in our m,unicipall law, Maritagium, Tocher gud. Lib. 2- c. Vosautem. 19. Secondly, Dos is taken fot that gift 8c difpo- fition of lands 8c tenements, quhilk ane mangivistohis wite, quhen he maries her at the Kirk dure, or in the face of the halie kit k : fiuhilk audit & fuld be,anc reafonable third part of all and haill, the tenement ofland, quhilk the man or husband hes the time of the defponfation or mariage. lib.z.c.Dosautem. ■c).c.2o.lib.4.cap.quatuor.4t).Sta.^4lcx.c.%.deIudiQ.i63. And is given in recompenfationof the tocher, payed be her, or in her name, to her husband : And therefore is called antidos : Cornel. Tacit callis dos that quhilk the hufband givistothe wife, and not that quhilk the wife gives to the husband. Livius lib.3. callis it munus nuptiale. In France it is called Dotalitiu,or doarium- It is given to the woman; to the effeft, that after the deceafe of her husband, fhe may fufteine He nurilh hir felle, in- duringall thedaiesof her life-time: Therefore it iscaWedVitalitia. Mor- ganacicum for the Dutch word Morgengab, morning gift, is ane kinde of dowry, in the fecond fignification ; 8c fignifies the gift of giids moveable or immoveable, quhilk the husband givis to his wife, the day or morning after the mariage, and commonly is ufed in the Dutch lawes, in fpeculo Saxonico;ck Landrecht,m Greek hypobolon in latine matutinale donum. Cu- Mciusli.4 defend. DUELLUM, duorum bellum vel plurium, lingular battel], or com- bat : vide Campiones^obh perfones, or landed men, may fight in proper perfon, or be uthersin their name, quha ar called Campiones, in Latine, duellatores, Speciallie,fik asar their awin bondmen, or tennentes, quha in bodieS: gudsar under their maifters proteftion Sc maintenance; And therefore fuld hazard and employ the famin in the defenfe of their mai- fters honour, and actiones. Bot husband-men, ignoble, and unlanded men, fuld fight perfonallie, and nocht be Campiones. ^Ifi.rcg. Cap Statu- tum fuit per regent. 3 2 • Bot all men that are decreeped, lamed, mutilat, or pafledthe age of threefcore zeires, ar excufed from lingular batrell. Lib- 4.C 4. leg. Burg. c- Si burgenfis- 24. Andfiklike, religious perfones, clerks, Scweemen may not be compel- led to GizhtLib. 4. c 3. fiat. ^4lex.c. 5. Afi'. reg.Vav.cap.fiatuitdominus 3 8. It is in free will and election of the defender, to fight, or to pafle to the knawledge of ane Aflife. Lib.*,. Cap. 2. Quia defendens debet prima eligere dcinde vadiare -,c poflea jurare.Ub.4-; ca- lexflatuit 46. The appealer or prover, fuld fw care that- his quarrel! is juft, Sc the de- fender fweare the contrair, avowand the eqnitie of his caufe. Iter, earner c. Comparentibus 29. It is not leefum to ony perfon to provok ane uthet t» battel, or being provoked to feght without licence of the King, uther- waies, baith the appealer, Sc the defender, tinis 8c forefaltisal their gnds moveable, Sc immoveable, deludic.c S7 Becaufe na Barrone hes power of Angular battell, or of probation be water, or Irone'j except the Kingis Schircff, orhisdeputes,beprefenttofeejufticedone.y?<«. ~4lex. c.prxterea 3 2.Mairover, gif ony man havand the Kings licence, happenis to be con- viftbe battell, or of breaking of the Kings peace, he fall pay to the King xxij.Kye,^ tres cathorios,vel pro quolibet catborio, novemvaccas. Stat.A- lex.c.apud. 28.fluhilk paine Scunlaw.appearis to be ordained ,to ftay fik un- oodlie ftrife 8c dabate ; for the law of lingular combat is ungodlie, Sc fuld not be ufed amangChriftianes, albeit the fame was permitted 8c ufed be the "Longobardes, in civil and criminal caufes. ^tlciat.de fing certam . Cuiac in Lib.feudorum. Quhilk is conforme to the Canon law. cap.ia.de purgat. vulgar. DYOUR, Dyvour, utherwaies Bair-man, quha being involved and drowned in debtes, and not able to pay or fatiffie the fame: Forefchew- ing of prifon and uther paines. makis ceflion and aflignationof all his gudes and geare, in favourcs of his creditoures : And dois his devour and dewtietothem, proclaimand himfelfe Bair-man, and indigent, and becummand debt-bound to them, of all that he hes. Leg. burg. ca. Bair- man. 1 44.1n Latine, ceifere&OK/j.quhilkismoftcommonlieufedamangft merchandes, to make Hank- rout Bankrupt, or Bankromp ue, Becaufe the doer thereof, as it were breakis his bank, flail, or feate, quhairheufedhis Cederebonk. trafficque of before, de ludic-e- Bairman 46. Be the civill law, fik ceffion of gudes and geare may be maid judiciallie, or furth of judgement, be him quha is prefent, or abfent, be writ or epiftle, or be ane mid perfon, called Nuntius.l. ult. deceff.bonor. Bot to the effeft that debtouresfuldbe feared to deceive their creditoures, and fuld the mair willinglie pay their debtes in findrie places,diverfe fhamefull formes of dyvourie,ar ufed and obferv- ed: for fum-times the debtour naked, fittis upon ane cauld (lane, inpre- fence of the people, ^hiatus lib.3.Tarerg.c.4j. Sumtimes his hinder pai tes, or hippes ar dafhed to ane ftane. Guido Vap<e. decif. 343. Orinpublick place, bair headed, his belt is cutted, quhairby he is proclaimed indigent of geare and credite: And therefore may pafle and* repafle quhair he pleafis, without ony trouble of his Creditoures. Jiixta UludHoratii, Epifiola fecunda 28. Ibit ed quo vis, qui onam perdidit. Conlormc to the quhilk, in this realme, he is faid to have his belt cutted, Zonamperdere, quha hes na gold, filver,guds nor gear. For in auld times, like as it is zit ufed in diverfe places,ilk man caried his filver and his gold in his belt,either in ane purfe hanging at the end thereof.or fewed and inclof- ed within the famin. Sueton. in Vitellio. cap. 16. Qttia ona aureomm plena, fe circumdedit. Ef Gracchus apud Gellium. Lib. 1 5. ca. 1 2. Zonas (inquit) qua-s plenas argenti extuli, eat exprovincia inanes rettdi. And in the tenth chap, of Mat. and ninth verfe : Chrift commandis his Apoftles nocht to poflefle Gold, Silver, or Money, in their Girdles. Mairover the forme of the aith quhilk bethcLawesof this Realme, the Dyvour fuld make, conteinis that he fall fweare, that he hes nocht in free geare, above five flnillinges, foure pennies: Fra the quhilk enmmisane com- moun fpeach dailie ufed amangft puir and indigent perfons, quha hes nocht in gudes nor geare, the valine of five fhillings and ane plack. In » the La w of Wormandie. Lib.z.c.'zo.Lib.ii.c.zi,. Dy voures ar called Ban- queroutieris. And if they do the famin fraudfullie, they may be punifh- ed to the death. ENACI-I. Lib.4.s.fiatuitdominus64. Anemendisor fatisfaftionfor anefault,crime, ortrefpafle. As gif the maifterlyis with the wife of his bondman.or flave : The fervand therefore falbe put to libertie, and fall receive na uther Enac /i,mendis,or fatisfaftion, for the violation or de- fowling of his wife. Lib.2. c. pluribus 14. Like as utherwaies, fivafiallus, Cucurbitaverit dorninumfuum, That is, gif the vaflall makis his maitter ane Cuckold : That is.gif he hes carnal! copulation with his maifters wife, he tinisand forefaultis his landes. lib-. de Feud.Tit. quib. mod. Feudumamit- _ i; tatur,%2.Corbita, in the Lawes of the Longobardes, is adultcrie : And Q, M Krbitt. Cacurbita fignifies ane Cuckold, quhaiswite is anehuire: quha uther- ^irga- waies is called, arga.Gl in. D- Sett. 2- From the Greek, argos de(:dio- •Atgos. fus,otiofus, quha fittis idle, and payis nocht his debt, bot fufferisane uther to wooik his labour, ^tlciattis inlib. de jingidari certam. c. 32- cy inlib. ttroblematum, Horatium fequutus Cucullum vocat. ENCHESONE, the caufe, occafion, or reafon, quhairfore ony thing is done t^/s quhen we fay, that ane is condemned forEnchefone of thieft : That is be occafion or be reafon of thieft, committed be him. Mod. ten-cur. c t 21. Or that the vaflall is inthekeipingofhisOver-lorde, bcEnchefonof warde quoniam attach. Cap. 51. And aneaftionor pley, may be advocate fra the ScbirefFe Courtes, to the Kingis Courte, for mony caufes. Lib. 2. c. Pes autem 19, Cuhilk in findrie Englifhbuikes, is faid for mony Enchefones. And Ed- i.King of England. Weflm, i.e. 6. Statutis and ordainis, that na-man falbe ane merchand, without ane reafonable Enchefone. ENEYA, I'ars hTHf& toung, and fpeciallie in the Law of Normandie, the eldeft and firft begotten fonne. is called I'aifne, Sc in the Lawes of England Hen. 3 in flat. Marlebrig. Cap. 9. Lis caWcdEmtiaparshareditatis- Andkev/ifc ane uther place of the lawes of the famin King, J«s efnicia, quhilk in this Realme is the law of birth richt: In Latine, jus primogeniture, dequo Dejurefm- Tiraquellus copios^fcripfit.Be the auld civill Law of this realme,there is na 'efjiong, richt of fuccefiion in the richt line afcendent. And therefore the father rucceedis not asairetohi* fonne.- Except fpcciall prcvifion be maid ia the