Regiam Majestatem
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title:
Regiam Majestatem
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The Regiam Majestatem is the earliest surviving work giving a comprehensive digest of the Law of Scotland. The name of the document is derived from its first two words. It consists of four books, treating (1) civil actions and jurisdictions, (2) judgments and executions, (3) contracts, and (4) crimes. Dating from the early fourteenth century, it is largely based on the 1188 Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae of Ranulf de Glanvill, and incorporates features of thirteenth centur
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Early Scottish Law
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2023-09-15T16:08:17Z
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