Reports of Claims Preferred to the House of Lords in the Cases of the Cassillis, Sutherland, Spynie and Glencairn Peerages. Repr
Reports of Claims Preferred to the House of Lords in the Cases of the Cassillis, Sutherland, Spynie and Glencairn Peerages. Repr

Author: James Maidment

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-23

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ISBN-13: 9781358797453

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Reports of Claims Preferred to the House of Lords
Reports of Claims Preferred to the House of Lords

Author: James Maidment

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Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781331918394

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Excerpt from Reports of Claims Preferred to the House of Lords: In the Cases of the Cassillis, Sutherland, Spynie, and Glencairn Peerages, 1760-1797 The Reports included in this volume embrace the whole Scottish cases (excepting the Borthwick and Roxburghe Baronies) in which the rule has been recognised as absolute, that where no patent of creation exists, the presumption is in favour of heirs-male, unless it can be shown by competent evidence that the descent is to heirs-general. In the Borthwick Peerage, where no patent could be found, the claimant was not the heir of line, but the heir-male of the body. The exclusion of the former from the title was never controverted, and the question was argued upon the assumption that the Barony was a male fief - the only point in dispute being, whether Mr Henry Borthwick had proved his pedigree, and this having been done, it was, 8th April 1762, adjudged that "the Petitioner hath a right to the title, honour, and dignity of Lord Borthwick, as heir-male of the body of the first Lord Borthwick." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.