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[1662] Mor 12423      
Subject_1 PROOF.
Subject_2 DIVISION I.

Allegeances how relevant to be proved.
Subject_3 SECT. XIII.

Laws, Customs, &c.

Earl Lauderdale
 v.
Tenants of Swinton

Date: 7 January 1662
Case No. No 251.

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As a defence against a singular successor in a barony, it being alleged by a tenant, pursued for his rent, That it was the custom of the barony for tenants to pay a half-year's rent at their entry, and so to be free of rent at the term they remove; the Lords allowed the custom of the barony to be proved by witnesses.

 Fol. Dic. v. 2. p. 232. Stair.

*** This case is No 5. p. 10023. voce Payment before Hand.

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