Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL Subject_2 SUMMER SESSION.
Anent Proof of Bastardy
Date: 9 June 1677
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James Brown, Advocate, had this case debated. One is alleged to be a bastard; and for proving of it, a seasine of his is produced, wherein the notary designs him filius naturalis of such a man. They were to have the Lords' answer, if this was sufficient to prove bastardy in re antiqua. It may be, the notary thought the word naturalis good enough Latin to signify and design a lawful son, and opposed it only filio adoptivo, as sometimes it is done in law. I scarce think it a sufficient probation alone, though it may pass for an adminicle.
