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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR GEORGE AUCHINLECK OF BALMANNO.
Date: The Lady Dumfermling
v.
The Earl, her Son
1 July 1629 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
In the seeking of a contract of marriage to be fulfilled, where the husband is obliged to infeft his wife in all the lands and heritages that he shall happen to conquesche during the marriage; it is to be understood of lawful and valid rights, whereby they may bruik the lands; but if a lord of erection buy, from his pretended vassal, a feu unconfirmed, this conquest is found, by the Lords, no conquest of a valid right, but, as it were, the acquiring of the vassal's possession and kindness.
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