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' V.

aH5

is c,lied

his lerritory: aod el'ery

of jurifJic[ion, ex·

Ci vil jurifJiétion is found.d, [.

l1ali.",· d'lIIieilti ,

creif~d

b), a judge "'¡Iholll his lerritor)", either by pro· ir the defender has his

clomie.le

\\'ithin the

jud~~'s

te"i·

nouncing

lent~nce,

or earrying il inlo

ex~cution,

is oull. tory. A domiei le is the dwelling place "here arel fon

The [upreme power, which 1m the right of enaél· lives with an intention to remain; and (u!lom h,s I,xed it

ing la"s, falls n,turally to have the right of méliog as a rule, that rer.denee forfonydays founds juri fdlélion.

courtS, and appointingjuJges, who mayapply thefe la",s

one has no Gxed dwdling'place,

a loldicr, or

10 panicular cofes: Hut, in Seo:land, tllls right has beco ·m velliog.mcrchant, a perfonal eitalion againll himwith·

alIVa)'s intruíled with theCrown, as

ha~ing

Iheexecutive in the territory is fufli eienl to found the judgc's ju ri ldie·

power of Ihe nale.

lion over him, even in civil quenions. As thedefender i,

~ .

Jurifdiéliún is either fupreme, inferior, or mixed. nOI obliged tO appear before a eourt to whieh he i,

That jurifdié\ion is fupreme, from whieh there lies no not fubjeél, the pUtfuer mul! follow the dcfeudc[ 's domi·

appeal tO a higher court. Inferior eourts He thofe eile.

whofe fentences are fobjee! tOthe revicw of the fupreme

I.t is founded,

2 .

Rnli~nc

rci ji"",

if the fu bjea

coum, and whofe jurifd iaion is eonfined to a panicular in queOioo lie within Ihe teritory. Ii" that

fubjc<~

be im·

tmitory. Mixed jurifdillioo partieipates of the oature moveable, the judge, whofe jurifJiélioo is i"ollndcJ in

both of the fu premeand ioferior : thúl, the jlldge of the this way, is the fole jllJge compet"ot , excJuding Ihe

high coun of Admiralty, and the eoo!milfariel

Edio· judge of the domi.ile.

burgh, have ao uni'·erf.1

juri(~i<'lioo

over Sectlano,

",d

tO. Where ooe, who has not his domieilc wi,hio tl:e

they can re.icw the decrm of inferior admirals and COol· territory, is tO be fued befare ao inferior eour!

ratiMe

milfaries; but fioee their owo decrees are fubjea tO the

re;

ji/~,

the cour! of fe/lion mull be applied tO, whofe

review of the eourts of Se/lioo or Junieiary, theyare, jurifd aion is uniyerfal, aod who, of eourlc, graots Imel!

that refpea, inferior courts.

of fupplement to cite thedefeoder toappear befare the io·

Ju, ifdiaioo is either ciyil or crimioal: by thefirn, ferior judge. Where the pany tobe fued rer.des inanother

quenioos of private right are decided; by the othcr, kingdom, and has ao ellate io this, the coun of fe/li on

ctimes are ·pUOi01Cd. But, io all jurifdiaion, though is the only proper coun, as the

,,1I1/l/une f>rul/I

to all

mercly

civil,

there is a power ioherent io. the judge to perfons rer.diog abroad; aod the defeoder, if I,is ef!atc

puoi/h, eilher eorporally, or by a pecuoiary fine, thofe be heritable, is eoofidered as IawfuJly fu",mooed

th. t

who ofl"eod during the pro:eedings of the coun, or wbo eourt, by

eitalioo at the market·crofs of Ediohurgh ,

Olall afterwards obnrua the executioo of the feoteoce. aod pier aod /hore of Leith: but where a f1raoger, not

Jurifoié\ ioo is eilher privative Or cumulative. a oative of Scotlaod, has oolya moveahle ellate inihi.

Privative jo[ifdia ion, is that wl,ieh beloogs only to ooe kiogdom, he is deemed tO be fa littlc fubjcél to the ju.

court, to the exclufioo of all others. Cumulative, o· rifdiélioo of our eou ns, that aé\ioo e.lnnOI be brought

a·

Iherwife ClJled cooeur:cnt, is that which may be exer· gainn him till his

eIf.as

be firn attaehed by aoalfC:lmeot

cifed by any one of t",o or more courts, io the fame

jurifdinionÍJ

fundand~

eauftI, Hare.

487, which is laid

caufe.

civil cumulative jurifdié\ioo, the private puro 00 by a warraot ifluion fromthe furremecourts of fellioo,

fuer has the right of e1eaioo before u'hich of the coum or admiralty, or fromthat withio whofe lerritory thefub·

he /hall fue; but as, io criminal quenioos whieh are pro· jea is fitumd, at the fuit of the credi[or.

feeuted by a public oRiecr of eourt, a collifion of jurif.

judge may, io fpecial eafes, arre(\ or fecure

diaioo might happeo, through eaeh

the judges cJaim· Ihe perfons of fueh as Im e oci[her domicile oor enate

íog the exercife of tbeir right, that judge, by uhofe withio his territory,

ere~

Cor

civilo.bts. ThllS, 00 the

watraot the delinqueot is firn eittd or apprcheoded, border betweeo Seotland aod Engl,nd, wamnts are

(whieh is the firn nep

jurifdiaion), acquires thereby graoted of eoulfe by the judge.ord[nary of cithu

r.de

a·

Uurc

pr~v,nl;onj¡)

lhe exclufire right

judgiog io Ihe gaion thofe ",ha hayc their domieile upon the oppofitc

caufc.

fide, for arrening their perfoos, lill they give coution

6. AII

rights of jurifdié\ ion,

beio~

origioaJl y graoted

j.dieiojiJli :

aod evcn the perfoos of citizeos or natives

jn eoor.deratioo of the filncfs of the graolee,

\Vae

there· may be

feeured, whcr, there is jun reafon to fufrea

fore perfonal, aod died wi tb lIirofelf. But, upoo the io· that they are

in INedittIlio'/C f/lg,r,

i. e. that they io[end

uoduél,oo of thefeudal fyO ero, eertaio jurifdiélloos \\'ere fuddeoly to withdra.' from the

kio~dom;

upon whi,h

aooexed tOlanos; and defccnded 10 heirs, as well as the fufpicion , the ereditor who applies for the uarrant OIull

Iaoos to whieh they uere enexed; but

OCW

all herit. ble .make oalh. An inhabit,ot of a borollgh roy,I, ",ha h"

jurifdiélioos, except thofe of admi«lty and a fmall pito furni/hed ooe . 10 li"es ",i thout the boro"ch in olt':u,

u oee rcfcrved tObaroos, are tither aboliOled, or refu· c1o.1ths, or otller mcr.handiz', aoJ who has 00 f"u[IIY

med and anoextd tOthe erolVo.

for it but his owo ellOlpt·bonk. mayarrell his debtor,

Jurifdiélion is either proper or dclegated.

Pl op~r

till he give fceu ri[y

j",¡i,ioji}i.

juritiJt¿lion, ii that whieh bclnn&s to a judge or OIagi.

12.

A judge may be dcelln,d,

his

jllrifclil~ion

nrm himfclf, io viilueof his otliee. Ddcíl.ted, ill:lat difowncd ju.lici.lly,

Raliollé

C<lI.(",

from,hls ineom·

",hieh is commuoicatcd by lhe judgc to

aOOlh~r

",ha aé\s pmoey tO the fpecial caufe brc ll¡:h t I-efore h[OI. ,.

io his oame, ealkd a depute

d<puty. Where

de·

Ral;~'"

f"[¡ cni

,,!ieÍJ;

",Itere

(itiler the jndgl hioJd f,

rut)' Bppllir,t5

no~

u"der hiOl,

c~lIed

a fu·,nitulc. or his near kiolm, n, ILls an in[m·a [n the

m.L

t lo

gr.nt

of jurifd:éli,/O , "hich is aoclfice

re~uiri ng

ru.

judge

" n

1'0leio the caufe o( his f.llh,r, brotlli

or fon,

fonal quallfic.ltioos, can be del,

~atcJ

by tltc nranlce;o cith!'r hy

eonr.n~u:o!ty

or rflinity; ncr io the c;ufe

fiI'

300'¡'er, without an exprefs pO"lr io tl,c c'¡nt.

I,is un :l.

nCl'htl\ by ccnltnru oit)'.

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