Author: James Maidment

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780656157181

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. 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.