The laws and customs of Scotland in matters criminal

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Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): George Mackenzie
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): Scotland
Publication Information: Edinburgh : Stair Society, 2012
Type: Book
Other titles: Matters criminal
Series title: Stair Society (Series), 59.
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/the-laws-and-customs-of-scotland-in-matters-criminal/ (Stable identifier)

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XXXI, 490 pages ; 27 cm.

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Useful for students learning an area of law, The laws and customs of Scotland in matters criminal is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: by Sir George Mackenzie ; edited by Olivia F. Robinson.
Publication Date: 2012
Country/State: Scotland
Number of Editions: 5 editions
First edition Date: 1678
Last edition Date: 2012
General Notes: Annotated with contemporary footnotes, an introduction, and a glossary.
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KDC913
Dewey Code: 345.411
ISBN: 9781872517261 1872517269
OCLC: 795836183

Main Contents

PART I: Of crimes in general, and by what law they are judged in Scotland
The division of crimes
Blasphemy
Heresy
Simony, Baratry
Treason : laesa majestas
Sedition
Poison
De incendiariis, or fire-raisers
Witchcraft
Murder
Of duels
Self-murder
Parricide
Incest, sodomy, bestiality
Rapes or ravishing
Adultery
Bigamy
Theft
Theft-boot and receipt
Hame-sucken
Breaking of prison
De dardanariis, or forestallers
Usury
The bribing, partiality, and negligence of judges
Deforcement
Falsehood
Stellionatus
Perjury
Of injuries, personal and real, and of infamous libels
Poinding of oxen in time of labouring
Bearing of unlawful weapons
Beggars and vagabonds
Robbery, oppression, VIs publica et privata
Art and part, ope et consilio
Some crimes punished amongst the Romans which are not directly in use with us. PART II: Of jurisdiction in general
Of the judge competent, de foro competenti
Jurisdiction of the Parliament in crimes
Jurisdiction of the High Constable in criminals
The jurisdiction competent to the High Chamberlain, and magistrates of burghs royal
The jurisdiction of His Majesty’s Privy Council in criminals
Of the Exchequer’s jurisdiction in criminals
The jurisdiction of the Lords of Session in criminals
The Admiral’s jurisdiction in criminals
The jurisdiction of the Commissars in criminals
The jurisdiction of Regalities in criminals
The criminal jurisdiction of Barons
Of Justices of Peace
The jurisdiction of the Justices, and of the several employments of the officers of that court
The jurisdiction of the Justices over soldiers, and of military crimes
Advocations of criminal causes
Of inquisition
Of accusations and accusers
Of advocates and procurators
Of libels, and the forms of process thereto relating
Of exculpation, and the other privileges competent to the defender
Of assizes
Of probation by confession
Probation by oath, by writ, and by presumptions
Probation by witnesses
Of torture
Of remissions
Of prescription in crimes
Of punishments, de poenis
Of criminal sentences and their executions
Vocabulary, with list of maxims.

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