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A party about to sue an action of reduction, took a precognition before an inferior Magistrate relative to it, in which he examined the defender and several other persons. Having in his after process of reduction, insisted for a re-examination of the defender, who demanded inspection, not only of his former declaration before the Magistrate, but also of those of the other witnesses; the Lords, after expressing their dissatisfaction with the pursuer's conduct, allowed the defender to see his former declaration, but not the other declarations called for.