1709 A Compend or Abbreviat of the Most Important Ordinary Securities of and Concerning Rights Personal and Real... of Common Use in Scotland

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Early Edition, Leather Binding, Very Scarce

The third edition, with the ESTC listing two earlier printings in 1700 and 1702. Only seen once at auction since 1970 Although no author is stated to the title page, this work is commonly attributed to Sir Andrew Birnie. Birnie was later styled Lord Saline. Birnie was the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1675. The Faculty of Advocates comprises of an independent body of lawyers who practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland. To the rear there is an Exposition or Dictionary of the most material words in 'charters, seasins and other writs' used in Latin. ESTC No: T84151. With the decorative woodcut to the first leaf, as called for. Collated, complete. This work is split into sections; 'Rights Personal and Mixt', 'Rights Heretable Redeemable', 'Rights heretable Irredeemable, and others thereanent', 'Rights Tutorial and others of the like nature', 'Rights Matrimonial and the like', 'Rights Ecclesiastical', 'Rights Arbitral' and 'Solemnities required for perfecting Securities'.