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Petition — William Somerville, Esq; Deputy-Inspector of Army Hospitals, now in Canada; and Thomas Usher of Court-Hill; Gilbert Hutcheson, Esq; Advocate; and Samuel Charters Somerville, Esq; W

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Petition of William Somerville, Esq; Deputy-Inspector of Army Hospitals, now in Canada; and Thomas Usher of Court-Hill; Gilbert Hutcheson, Esq; Advocate; and Samuel Charters Somerville, Esq; W. S. his Commissioners and Attorneys, asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor

William George Adam v. George Harley Drummond — Appellant's Case, 10 Jun 1812

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Appellant challenges exclusion from freeholder roll, arguing his life-tenancy of a superior estate qualifies him under 1681 Act, and that nominality claims lack evidentiary basis.

Charles Fleeming v. George Harley Drummond — Appellant's Case

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unknown Appellant's Case of Charles Fleeming of Cumber-nauld, asserting his freehold qualification is not nominal or fictitious, despite being a liferent of a superiority from his uncle Lord Keith.

No. II. EXCERPT, REPLIES for Captain BASIL HERON.

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Replies to a claim challenging infeftment validity under dispensations, citing historical cases where sasine was taken at manor-places despite lands being elsewhere.

David Ogilvie v. Skene and Hunter — Appendix [2]

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Multiple sasines granted under dispensations allowing single infeftment for discontiguous lands across various estates and baronies.

James Dalrymple v. Archibald Montgomerie — Duplies, 6 Mar 1813 [2]

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Respondent defends against objections of nominal vote and informal seisin, asserting full ownership and no implied obligation.

Archibald Montgomerie v. James Dalrymple — Replies, 2 Mar 1813 [2]

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Replies by Archibald Montgomerie, Esq. of Stair, to the answers for James Dalrymple, Esq., arguing that the respondent's qualification was nominal and fictitious due to moral obligation and that the seisin taken on discontiguous lands lacks legal authority.

Alexander Montgomerie v. James Dalrymple — Answers, 24 Feb 1813

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Respondent James Dalrymple defends his freeholder enrolment in Ayrshire against objections of nominal qualification and invalid sasines, asserting his right to vote freely and that his sasines are valid under dispensation clauses.

Petition and Complaint — & Comp.—Arch. Montgomerie, Esq. against James Dalrymple, Esq. Mackenzie & Monypenny, W.S

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Montgomerie seeks to expunge Dalrymple from Ayr’s freeholder roll, disputing his land-based qualification as politically motivated and invalid under dispensation rules for partial estates.

Sir Andrew Cathcart of Carleton, Bart. and Richard Alexander Oswald, Esq. Younger of Auchincruive v. William Miller, Esq. — Petition, 5 Feb 1813

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Complaint challenging William Miller’s enrolment as a freeholder in Ayrshire based on a nominal liferent conveyance from his father, seeking expungement and costs.

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