Scottish Court of Session Decisions

Subject_1 REGISTRATION.

The Earl of Breadalbane Supplicant

Date: 21 February 1745
Case No. No 56.

A defect in the record of the Great Seal supplied.

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The Earl of Breadalbane gave in a petition, shewing, That King Charles II. had granted to his father a patent of the honours of Earl of Breadalbane, &c. which patent bore on the back, to have been written to the Great Seal, and registrated 18th August 1681, and sealed the last day of August that year; that the petitioner, wanting to take an extract of his patent, applied to the officers of Chancery, who informed him, that it was not filled up in the register, but a blank left therefor: And upon this he applied to the Lords of Session for a warrant to, the director of the Chancery, and his Deputies, to grant him an extract, and offered to furnish them with the principal patent to enable them to do it.

The Lords having considered the petition, with the patent produced, attested by the proper officers to have been written to the Great Seal, and registered the 18th day of August 1681 years, and sealed at Edinburgh the last day of August of the said year, granted warrant to and ordained the Director of Chancery, and his Deputies, to register the said patent, of the date of the attestation of the former officers, and that in the blank left in the books of Chancery of that date, where the, said patent might be recorded; and ordained the said Director and his officers to give the petitioner an authentic extract thereof, with the present deliverance, for doing whereof that should be their warrant.

Pet. Ch. Campbell. Clerk, Forbes. D. Falconer, v. 1. p. 81.