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[0000] 1 Brn 112
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION reported by SIR ROBERT SPOTISWOODE OF PENTLAND.
Subject_2 Such of the following Decision as are of a Date prior to about the year 1620, must have been taken by Spotiswoode from some of the more early Reporters. The Cases which immediately follow have no Date affixed to them by Spotiswoode.
Crowner Henderson's Children Competing
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The Lords would not sustain Crowner Henderson's testament, made after the form used in the Low Countries, wherein he made all his children, sons and daughters, heirs-portioners; as being made contrary to our laws, making the eldest son to succeed to all lands, heritable bonds, and annuals.
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