The Form of Process in the Court of Session, And Court of Teinds...
Scarce Treatise on Procedure in Two Important Scottish Courts Russell, John [1710-1796]. The Form of Process in the Court of Session, And Court of Teinds. To which is Prefixed, A General Account of the College of Justice. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochran. For A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1768. [ii], ix, [3], 246 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Recent paper-covered boards with contrasting spine with printed paper title label, endpapers renewed. Light soiling to spine, corners bumped. Moderate toning, somewhat heavier in places, later underlining in pencil in a few places. Ex-library. Stamps to a few leaves and verso of title page. $500. * Only edition, one of two issues from 1768. A useful overview of mid-eighteenth century civil procedure in Scotland's supreme civil court and the ecclesiastical court with jurisdiction over the payment and allotment of tithes (teinds). Including both issues, OCLC locates 17 copies, 4 in North American law libraries (Harvard, North Carolina Supreme Court, UT-Austin, University of Virginia). English Short-Title Catalogue N6867.
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