A

DIGEST

OF

THE LAW OF SCOTLAND,

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE

OFFICE AND DUTIES OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

BY

HUGH BARCLAY,

SHERIFF-SUBSTITUTE OF PERTHSHIRE.

VOLUME FIRST.

"All the Establishments formed by our ancestors, and supported by their descendants, were invented, and
are mainly and principally maintained, in order that Justice may be duly administered between man and
man."-LORD BROUGHAM.

EDINBURGH:

T. & T. CLARK, LAW BOOKSELLERS, 38 GEORGE STREET.

MDCCCLII.

ΤΟ

THE HONOURABLE

DUNCAN MCNEILL,

LORD COLONSAY,

ONE OF THE SENATORS OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE;

WITH SINCERE RESPECT FOR HIS EMINENT TALENTS,

AND

WITH A GRATEFUL SENSE OF MUCH PERSONAL KINDNESS,

This Work

IS, WITH HIS KIND PERMISSION,

Most Respectfully Enscribed.