Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN BAIRD OF NEWBYTH.
Date: Lady Boot and Her Husband
v.
The Sheriff of Boot
27 January 1666 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
In the reduction pursued [at] the Lady Boot and her husband's instance, against the Sheriff of Boot, but mentioned the 24th January last,—
The Lords found, That a woman, after proclamation of bans, can grant neither bonds nor discharges, nor renunciations, in prejudice of her promised spouse, without his consent.
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