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Decreet Cognitionis Causa

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A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Tn Scotch law. Whena ereditor brings his action against the heir of his debtor in order to constitute the debt against him and attach the lands, and the heir appears and renounces the succession, the court then pronounces a decree cognitioniscausd. ell.