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[1579] Mor 1813      

Subject_1 BREVI MANU.

Lady Giffane
v.
L Caldwallis.

Date: 21 January 1579
Case No. No 1.

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Found, that a pupil, though above seven years old, cannot be taken brevi manu by the tutor from the mother, without authority of a judge; but must be restored again, although the tutor's intromission was by the father's express orders on death-bed.

Fol. Dic. v. 1. p. 116. Colvil, MS

***See This case voce Tutor and Pupil.

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