T>e verborum fignificatione. forefaid, lettis landes to borgh, to the pofleflbur thereof, thetennentqr pofleflbur, petit terms demitti adplegium, defires the lands to be lettcn to him to borgh, or under caution. Stat. Rob. 3.C.4. PORTEOUS, portuis. Ia.i.p.i3.c.i39.Ia.3.p.i4.c. 99.1a. 5. p. 3.C. 5. tportando, quhilk fignifies to carie.orbeire: inVixnch portesvom, and Signifies ane catalogue,contenand the names of the peifones indited to the jufticeair, quhilk is given and delivered be the juftice Clerk, to the Crow- ner,to be attached, and arreifted be him, to compeire, and anfwere,to fik accufationes and crimes, asfalbe impute unto them, and the porteous conteins the names of them quha ar of new indited.and the names of them quha were indited of auld and of before, and compeired not : And quhen enie juftice aire ir cried, or proclaimed, command is given be the juftice to warrie all peifones, alfweillinditedofauld,aso(new, to compeire in the faidaire,to underlie the law. TheCrownerreceivis the porteous as faidis, and caries the famin with him, untill the attachements and ar- reiftments be maid, conforme thereto, and reportes the famin againe to the Juftice court : That theirby he may be controlled in execution othis office, fa tanas concernes the making of attachements and arreiftments or probation thireof. POST-NATUS films, ane fecond fonne, narreft to the firft begotten, conforme to the French word ,lepuis aifne lib. 2. c.fiergo. 23. c. priterea. 2$.c.maritus 32. /' aifne, is the firft borne fonne, and therefore le puis aifni hpoftprimo-genitum, the fecond fonne. PR1S/E, ane French word prinfes,'mht'mecaptionesXik asanepoynd, diftres, or moveable gudes, taken for execution of ane decreit: for be the lawes of France, prijtfunt rerum mobilium : fafina vera immobilium, quia bona immobiltanon capiuntur, fed faifiuntur- Rebuff us in conftitut. Reg.in trail, de liter, obli. art. 5. gl. 2. c de pr&conum licitationibus. ar.i. gl.2. Guhairanent I find ane ordinance maid demedo capiendi prifas, beKing Vavid2. 18 Februar 1369. the4o. zeire ofhisreigne. Prifafeu captiones dnmini regis, perfolventur C capientttr, fecundum confuetudines anuquitus approbatas, CP" de tents Mis de quibus prifa regis, C jerviiia debent fnmi , C quod in iis faciendis non fiet taxatio juxtanumerum dava- tarum, fed fecendiim verum valorem bonorum. PROPOROTAS, proportatioajfifs, theproport, report, declarati- on^ deliverance of ane affife. Stat. Jilexand. c.ftatuit dominus, $. quon. attach- cfiquisappellet. a.affifa. reg. D-c- 9. c. (latuit 30. c.flatatt do- minusi'i. Utherwife, it is called, veredittumaffifg, the verdict or fuith- faying of ane affife- Becaufe the aflifours are fworne to declare the trueth and veritie, and therefore are called Juratores- Like as the affife is cal- led Jurata, or )urata patriae, five vicineti, lib. 2. c. dicitur 74. And in the Englifh lawes, ane Juris PURPRESTHRE, Vurpripon, ane French word, foranewrangeous ufurpation, taking, or occupation of ane uther mans landes, quhairof there isthree kindes,L(6.x, c. dicitur. 74. dejudicib.c.purpreftura, c. 138. The firft is, quhen any man occupies unjuftly ony pairt of the Kingis do- maine, and proper landes. Or quhen ony ftoppis, or clofis up the Kingis common way> paflage or ftrcete : Orreturnisordivertis rinnand waters frath irricht courfe: Or within the Kingis towne and burgh , occupies the Kingis calfay,orcommoun gaite,biggand upon onie pairt thereof: Oc removeand onie thing there-fra : Or converting onie pairt thereof to his awinufe. And generally, quhen onie wrangeous occupation is maid to the hurt and skaith of the Kingis tenement, the Kingis ftreet, or common way: OroftheKingisBurgh. The quhilk kinde of Vurprejlure fuld be decided before the Kings juftice and his deputes, be ane condigne affife. And he quha is convi£t thereof, falbe in the kingis mercie, and punifhed conform to his will in his bodie.and in all his lands quhilk he halds of him : and mair-over fall reftore that quhilk he injuftly Digged and occupied. The fecond kinde is, quhen onie vaflall occupies, and ufurps any lands againft his over-lord, uther then the King.QuhilA controverlie may be de- cided heme over lord in his awin court, and gif the vaflall is convift to have done wrang, he tynisperpetuallie all the landes quhilk he haldis of that fuperiour. The quhilk jurifdiftionand power ofhaldingof courtes ofPurprifion, perteinis to ane Barron , andtouthers, quha are abone him in power and dignity, fik as Earls and Lords. For na vaflall, fub- ieft, njr uther tennent under ane Barron , hes power to hald fik courts. Ja-i-p. io.c. 79. The third kind of purpreflure, is againft ony uther except the Kins and the fuperiour: Asbetuixt nichtbor andnicht- bor, fubje£tandfubje£f: quhen ane wrangeouflie occupies the Iande perteining to ane uther, or troublis him in his meithis, and marches: quhilk moleftatioti perteins to the SchirefF, to be tried before him, be ane brieve, de nova di fafina, or de rationabilibus divifis. Be the law of Eng- land, an. 4. Edn-ard.i.de bigamis c-4- gif onie ufurpis , and occupies within the Kingisliberty, or ony uther place, contrair the King: Incon- tinent without proces or ordour of law, the King tuik the land in his awin hand, and thereafter it was leifum to ony perfon, havand entresto compleine thereanent, The like forme is permitted be the lawes of this realme, anent the Kingis cuftomes- Ja.i.p.i.c.t. And his annexed pro- pertie. Ja. 2. p. 1 i.c.41. PUTAGIUM, ane French word, huiredome or fornication, lib.2.c. inciiflodiis. 50. c. ult.il. duhair it is manifeft, that ane air femaill, being within warde,and ofles aige, and committand fornication, tynis and fore- faults her pairt of the heritage,and the famin accrefcis, and perteinis to the reft of rhe co-heirs,or comportioners.gif onie be. And gif their be an here- trix allanerly, quha committs the faid fault, all and haill her heritage, per- teinis to the fuperiour: Butgifanheretrix of lands, hesbairneslauchfully ootten in marriage : and after the deccafe of her husband, in the time of tier viduitie,committis fornication : neither fche nor her bairnes.tynis the hereta°e. Quia putagium matris non adimit bereditatem ; The huire- dome "committed be the mother, dois nocht difherifh the lauchfull bairnes. fe. QUARENTENA vi duarum, intheftatutes Rob. i.e. ievidv.U. 22. „- from the French la quarefme des vefues, fignifies the priviledge of fourtie daies, granted to widdowes , after the deceafe of their husband cs, conforme to the Lawes of England, anno- 20, Hem. 3. c. 1. fi^ihair it is fta- tute anent widdowes, quha after the death of their husbands may nocht have the dowrie, without pley: That quha-focver deforcis them of their faid dowries, of the landes quhairin their husbandes died veft and faifed , and it fall happen the faid widdowes to recover the famin their- after be pley or proces : They quha troubled and molefted them, being convift of fik wrangeous deforcement, fall zeild and pay the damnages and sAaith.to the famin widdowes. That is to fay, the valour of the haill dowrie belanging to them, from the time of the death of their hus- bandes, unto the day that the faides widdowes, obieinis decreit in judg- mente. And the faid deforceres nevertheles falbe amerciat, at the Kingis pleafure. In the qulnlk place it is plaine, that Huarentena viduanm, con- teines the fpace of fourtie daies: during the quhilk fpace, ane widdowe maytarieand remainein thechiefe dwelling place of her husband, un- till her dowrie be affigned to her, and in the meane time fuld be fufteined upon the profEtes of the heritage. As it is likewaies written in magna car- ta, anno. y.Henr.s. c.y. quhilk is conform to the laws ofFrance,as writis loan. Faponinhisarreiftes.lib.i $, Tit. des dots- c.y. Si lib. 10. tit . Jubftitu- tiones. c.30. per authenticam preterea, C.undevirz?' uxor, and in the Burrow lawes of this Realme, thefecond, or third wife of ony Burges, after the deceafe of hir husband, may nocht remainein the hous pertein- ing to his aire gotten of ane uther wife, bot onelie fourtie dayes. leg.burg. c./iburgenfis duas. 25. QUHATECUS, ane kinde or forme of bread, quhilk wee call ane fage, or phage, from the greeke word phago, comedo toeate. RACHETfTM ane French word, Rachapt, ane ranfon; infumbuikes it iscalled Recbatum, tranjpofitis Uteris. Stat. 1. Rob. Ir.c. 1. Stat. 2. R0b.Br.c-7. quhair it is called thiett -bote : andinfumauld buikes Ra- cbatum is called thieft- bote or redemtion taken for thievis, robbers, or uther malefaftours. RAPTUS, rape, ravifhingordeforceingofweemen, quhilk is ane of the four points or pleyes perteining to the Kings Crown, 5c to nane uthers. vid.placitum.vid.niurthrum. Ravifhing is an crime, quhairofane woman accufisanemanalledgand the is opprelled, or defiled be him, againft the Kingespeace. lib.. c.raptus<>. The quhilk complaint fulde be maid the fame day, and night, in the quhilk thecrime is committed, quia lapfu diet hoc crimen prcefcribitur. &tio. attach- Cap. Vecietero. 48. Statu-t. Wilh. c. Item.Statuit.9. In the lawes of England Weflm. 1 i.e. 34. Rapeisquhair ane man ravifhis, or takis ane uther mans wife, widdow, or maiden, vib- lentlie, and hes a doe with her againft her will. And albeit the afterward confent, zit itisfellonic, quhilk is confirmed be Cheff.inconfuetud. Btir- gund Rubric. 1. verb. Esdroifts d'iceUis.Nu.43. REIF, or robbericis likcwaies ane of the foure pointes of the Crowh. lib. 4.C. dielun<t. i3./?g- Malc.Mack.c.^.aff.rer.Va. c.i.Robberk is quhen an man lyis by the Kings hie way, paffing to mercat Townes, in woodes, ditches, or onie uther fecreit place, quhair people cummis furth by, and robbis,8c fpuilzies them, albeit he take away bot the valour of ane pennie, orleffe, itisfelonie: for themala-pertnesof the deed, breaking of the Kings peace, and the danger in the quhilk ane man is of his life, caufis the offence to be the greater, then gif the gear fwa robbed orfpuilzied had bin thiefteouflie ftollen, as it is written in the lawes of England, an. 23 . Hen.%. c. 1 . In the law oiVormandie.li- i.e. i; Robbetv is the taking of uther mens gear be force and violence : And the committers theirof in latine are cal- led raptores, in French voleurs.or Robettres,t>c is different from theft quhilk n -a- is committed quietlie, and privuie, without violence. Mair-overreife is fwixt ricfc ane greater crime then thieft.becaufe reife is committed baith in the gudes, "nUthuft. and in the perfon of the pofleflbur theirof, and thieft is of the gudes and gearallaneilie, Chef.inconfuet. Burgund. rub. 1. §. 5. Be the law of this Realme, the complaint of reife or robberie fuld be maid be him quha is robbed, and damnified within the like time, asisforefaid, oftheravim- ingofweemen. quo. attach, c. dectStero.q-Z- lib. 4- c. raptus. 9. RECOGNITION of landes is commonly ufed in the law, andprac- ticque of this realme. Stcut feudum dicitur aperiri domino : ita terra di- cuntur czdere in commiffum : ficutifit in hoc caftt ob culpam vaffalli, <y in Smphyteufi. or fewe landes, ob non folv.tum canonem feu penfionem. lib. 3. c exlocato-w- For the vaflall tynes landes halden be him be fervice of warde,be reafon of his awin faul t,as falbe hereafter exponed : and the pro- prietar of few-landes, may tyne and for-fault the famin/or non-payment ofthezeirlydutie. CogBo/cereistoknawandunderftand , recognofcere is to knaw again, or at the 2. time to underftand. For generally, all (uperi- ors, ofquhomlandsarhaldeninchief, firft hes bin proprietars of the fa- min lands : quhilk lands being annalied.and fauld be them heritably, to be halden of themfelves and their aires> ceafisto bepropertie tothem: and becomes tennendrie immediatly halding of them and their aires. And gif it happens the vaflall, or pofleflbur, to quhom the landes are fauld, to commit ane fault or crime, quhairby he tynis arid fore-faultis the landes: the fuperiour hes entrefle and regreffe to the propertie of the landes, and may recognofce the famin, andasit were the fecond time vindicate to himfelfe the propertie thereof. Swa the famin landes, quhilk were firft propertie to him, and thereafter tennendrie, be reafon of the alie- nation, nowe becomes againe propertie, arid returnis to their firft na- ture and condition, Iureacerefcendi, feupotius onfolidatione proprieta- tiscumfuperiorit<ite> eb culpam vaffali.. Recognition properly in the C 2 prafticque
