Witness Instrumentary
Scottish Law: Witness Instrumentary in the Past
The person who has attested a deed or other writing.
Developments
When witnesses attest a deed without knowing the grantor and seeing him subscribe or bearing him own his subscription and the deed happens to be forged, the witnesses are declared accessory to forgery. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot, 4, 4, 37; 6 Hill, N. Y. Rep. 303. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about witness instrumentary is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including witness instrumentary.
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