Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JAMES DALRYMPLE OF STAIR.
Date: - - , in Argile, Supplicant
19 January 1676 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
—— ——, in Argile, being executor nominate to a defunct; he gave in a bill to the Lords, representing, that the commissary of Argile, being with the M'Leans, there were letters of intercommuning published against him, and he did not officiate in his office as commissary, and hath no power of deputation, there being no Bishop of Argile; and, therefore, desired that he might have warrant to intromit with the defunct's moveables, and licence to pursue, from the Lords, as being the King's great consistory, and having authority to supply the defects of inferior courts.
Which desire the Lords granted.
Vol. II, Page 403.
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