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English: Beginning of the preface of the Regiam Majestatem, from which the document gets its name, in David Hoüard's 1776 publication. The Regiam Majestatem is the earliest surviving work giving a comprehensive digest of the Law of Scotland. |
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| Source | David Hoüard (1776) Traités sur les coutumes anglo-normandes, qui ont été publiés en Angleterre, depuis le onzième, jusq'au quatorzième siècle : avec des remarques sur les principaux points de l'histoire & de la jurisprudence françoise, antérieures aux etablissements de Saint Louis [Treatise on Anglo-Norman customs, which were published in England, from the eleventh, until the fourteenth century: With remarks on the main points of the history and jurisprudence of France, prior to the establishments of Saint Louis], II, Paris; Dieppe: Chez Saillant, Nyon & Valade, libraires, rue S. Jacques; Chez Jean-B.-Jos. Dubuc, imprimeur du roi, p. 36 OCLC: 608376179. (Based on John Skene (1609) Regiam Majestatem: The auld lavves and constitutions of Scotland, faithfullie collected furth of the register, and other auld authentick bukes, fra the dayes of King Malcolme the second, vntill the time of King James the first, of gude memorie: And trevvlie corrected in sindrie faults, and errours, committed be ignorant writers: And translated out of Latine in Scottish language ..., Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Finlason OCLC: 83269643. ) |
| Author | Unknown author (early 14th century, Scotland). |
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