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[1747] 5 Brn 747      

Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, collected by JAMES BURNETT, LORD MONBODDO.
Subject_2 MONBODDO.

Election Process of Wick

Date: 14 January 1747

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In this case, it was decided, That a dilatory exception, such as this, that one of the defenders was not cited at his dwelling-house, or, what the Lords thought the same thing, the place of his ordinary residence, as the summons bore, (which, in effect, was an improbation of the execution,) unless instantly verified, could only be proponed sub periculo causæ. This doctrine was founded on the authority of Lord Stair and the nature of the thing; for, otherwise, processes would be endless, if the defender were allowed to go on and demand, first, a proof of one dilatory defence, and then of another.

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