Extracts. Legal documents.

Scope Note: In Scots law signifies either the proper written evidence, or warrant, on which diligence or execution on a judicial decree may issue; or a copy, authenticated by the proper officer, of a deed, writing, or other entry, of which either the principal is in a public record, or a transcript, taken from the principal, has been preserved in a public record. Source: Bell, William. 'Dictionary and digest of the law of Scotland'. 7th edition.