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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by ALEXANDER TAIT, CLERK OF SESSION, one of the reporters for the faculty.
Subject_2 CESSIO BONORUM.
Date: Isobel Rowley
v.
Her Creditors
3 December 1776 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
In a cessio bonorum, law makes no distinction as to the dyvor's habit, betwixt a male and female pursuer; at the same time, it is apparent that the habit prescribed for dyvors, by the Acts of Sederunt, was meant only for males. The procedure in both cases is the same. The above was not mentioned judicially, but occurred in private.
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