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A baron or his bailie may secure any person who commits a riot, blood, or oppression upon any of his tenants, without necessity of a warrant from superior powers, which he may do at any time before the party go forth of the barony.
Fol. Dic. v. 1. p. 504. Nicolson, Kerse, Durie, Haddington.
*** See Durie, Haddington, and Nicolson's Reports of this Case, No 16. p. 4797. and Kerse's, No 204. p. 7490. h. t.