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Lady Giffane v L. Caldwallis. [1579] Mor 1813 (21 January 1579)
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[1579] Mor 1813
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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.