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Chatto v Ord. [1702] Mor 4456 (10 January 1702)
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[1702] Mor 4456
The Laws of a foreign State have no coercive force extra territorium. Diligence in Scotland upon foreign deeds will be regulated by the Law of Scotland.
Subject_3 SECT. III.
Process in Scotland upon foreign Deeds.
Chatto v. Ord
Date: 10 January 1702 Case No. No 21.
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In a pursuit in Scotland, upon an English bond, the defender denied the subscription, and insisted, upon the law of England, that the bond was not probative, unless the pursuer would prove by the witnesses insert, that it was factum. The Lords found this impracticable at this distance, and therefore repelled the allegeance.
