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In an action betwixt Sir William Murray of Philiphaugh, and Mr Patrick Schaw, for an annualrent of 300 marks disponed by George Mitchell, first to his son by a sasine propriis manibus, thereafter to Mr Patrick Schaw by charter and sasine, the Lords found, That the sasine given propriis manibus might be sufficient by a preceding contract of marriage, albeit there was no relation made thereto.