Subject_1 ARRESTMENT.
Date: Baillie
v.
Burton and Others
17 January 1736
Case No.No. 4.
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Arrestment used on Whitsunday, betwixt twelve and one afternoon, found to affect only the Whitsunday rent and precedings, because the messenger might easily mistake a few minutes; but the Lords thought, that if it had been used some hours after in the afternoon, it would have affected the Martinmas half-year's rent, as then current.
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