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  • s. 32 words repealed by 2000 asp 5 Sch. 12 para. 9(8) Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (This amendment has not been applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 12 para. 9(8) and entry in Sch. 13 repealed (4.4.2003) by 2003 asp 9, ss. 128, 129(5), Sch. 15 (with ss. 119, 121))
  • Sch. H word repealed by 2000 asp 5 Sch. 12 para. 9(21) Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (This amendment has not been applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 12 para. 9(21) and entry in Sch. 13 repealed (4.4.2003) by 2003 asp 9, ss. 128, 129(5), Sch. 15 (with ss. 119, 121))

SCHEDULE AS Form of Notice to be given to a Superior of Change of Ownership

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SCHEDULE BS Form of Summons of Declarator and for Payment of a Casualty

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SCHEDULE CS Form of Minute for effecting Consolidation of Lands

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F3 SCHEDULE DS Form of Memorandum of Allocation of Feu-duty

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F4F4SCHEDULE ES

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F5SCHEDULE FS Form of Discharge of Casualties

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F6SCHEDULE G S Form of Memorandum constituting a Feu-duty or additional Feu-duty

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F2SCHEDULE HS Form of Reference to a Deed, Instrument, or Writing for Reservations, Burdens, and Conditions affecting Lands

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F7SCHEDULE IS

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F7Sch. I repealed (S.) (1.8.1995) by 1995 c. 7, ss. 14(2), 15(2), Sch. 5 (with ss. 9(3)(5)(7), 13, 14(3))

F8F8SCHEDULE JS

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SCHEDULE KS Form of Minute to be presented in Bill Chamber of Court of Session, or in Sheriff Court, for Warrant to charge an Heir or Disponee under a personal Obligation by his Ancestor or Author.

Warrant is craved, in virtue of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act, 1874, at the instance of A.B. [name and design applicant], the creditor [if he is not the original creditor, or only a partial creditor, add, in virtue of (or to the extent and in virtue of) the assignation (or general disposition and notarial instrument or other writ or writs forming the title in the creditor’s person) in his favour after mentioned [under a bond and disposition in security over the lands of [specify shortly the lands,] for the principal sum of £ with corresponding interest and penalties, granted by C.D. [design him], then proprietor of the said lands, in favour of the said A.B. [or of G.H. (design him)as the case may be], and dated [state date] [and if recorded, say, and recorded in the register of sasines (state register and date of recording), or and instrument of sasine thereon recorded, &c., as the case may be ]; To charge E.F. [design him], the present proprietor of the said lands, and as such the present debtor in the said bond and disposition in security, to make payment to the said A.B. of the said principal sum of £ contained in and due by the said bond and disposition in security [if A.B. is only a partial creditor, say, of the principal sum of £ being the extent to which the said A.B. is in right of the said bond and disposition in security]: And also of the further sum of £ being the amount of the interest due thereon. Produced herewith the said bond and disposition in security [or an extract thereof from the books of council and session from the register of sasines; if the applicant is not the original creditor, the title in his own person to the security will also be stated and produced.]

Dated the day of

(Signed) A.B., W.S., Edinburgh, [or as the case may be].

The Clerk of the Bills, or Sheriff Clerk, as the case may be, will subjoin

Fiat ut petitur.

[To be dated and signed by the Clerk.]

F9SCHEDULE LS

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SCHEDULE MS Form of Assignation of Right of Relief, &c.

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I [here insert the name and designation of the granter, and the cause of granting, unless the assignation forms part of another deed] hereby assign toC.D. [here insert the designation of the grantee, unless already given], and his heirs and assignees [orand his foresaids], a disposition [or other deed, as the case may be] granted by [here insert the names and designations of the persons by and in whose favour the deed to be assigned was granted, with its date and also the date of registration, and the register in which it is recorded, if it has been recorded], whereby the said [name of the original granter of the disposition or obligation] bound and obliged himself, his heirs and successors [here insert the terms of the obligation in the terms so far as possible of the disposition or other deedF10...F10...F10...F10...F10.... If the right to be assigned was originally granted in favour of some other person than the granter of the assignation, here specify the series of writs by which he acquired right,[F11Testing clause+]

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F11Words in Sch. M substituted (S.) (1.8.1995) by 1995 c. 7, ss. 14(1), 15(2), Sch. 4 para. 23 (with ss. 9(3)(5)(7), 13, 14(3))

+Note—[F12In the case of a traditional document, subscription of it by the granter] will be sufficient for the document to be formally valid, but witnessing of it may be necessary or desirable for other purposes (see the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995[F13, which also makes provision as regards the authentication of an electronic document]).]

F14SCHEDULE NS Form of Instrument in Favour of a General Disponee or his Assignee in right of an Heritable Security

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[X1F15SCHEDULE D]S Clause of Reference to a Description of Land contained in a prior Conveyance, Deed, or Instrument

Editorial Information

X1The Schedules to this Act contain 2 schedules labelled D as a result of a substitution by 1924 (c. 27), s.8(1)

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F15Sch. D of Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924 (c. 27) substituted retrospectively for Sch. O by s. 8(1) of that Act

All and whole the lands and others (or subjects) in the county of (or in the burgh of and county of as the case may be) described in (refer to the conveyance, deed, or instrument in such terms as shall be sufficient to identify it, and specify the Register of Sasines in which it is recorded and date of recording, or where the conveyance, deed, or instrument referred to is recorded on the same date as the conveyance, deed, or instrument containing the reference substitute for the date of recording the words of even date with the recording of these presents):—

Notes to Schedule D

Note 1.—In referring to a Deed containing a particular description [F16or to a Deed containing reservations, real burdens, conditions, provisions, limitations, obligations and stipulations affecting lands] it shall be sufficient to give the names of the granter and grantee or of the parties thereto without adding their designations, and when there are several granters or grantees or several parties acting in the same category it shall be sufficient to give the name of the first mentioned person only with the addition of the words and others; and where the granter or granters or grantee or grantees, or the parties or one of the parties thereto acts or act in a fiduciary capacity it shall be sufficient to state such capacity without giving their individual name or names, e.g.:

(a) Feu Charter granted by A.B. in favour of C.D., dated (insert date) and recorded in (specify Register of Sasines and give date of recording).

(b) Disposition granted by C.D. and others in favour of E.F. and others, dated, &c. (as above).

(c) Notarial Instrument (or Notice of title) in favour of the Trustee (or Trustees) of G.H. (or the Judicial Factor of J.K. or the Trustee on the Sequestrated Estates of L.M. or the Liquidator of the N.O. Company Limited, or as the case may be) recorded in (specify Register of Sasines and date of recording).

Note 2.—Where it is desired to insert a short description of the land or subjects, this may be done as follows:—All and whole that dwelling-house, number ten, Rosebery Crescent, Edinburgh, (or the eastmost half-flat on the second storey of the tenement entering from number fifteen, Lothian Street, Edinburgh, or otherwise, as the case may be) in the county of Edinburgh, described in, &c. (as above).

Note 3.—If part only of the land or subjects described in a former recorded conveyance, deed, instrument, or notice of title is being conveyed or otherwise dealt with for the first time as a separate subject, such part should be described at length, adding being part of the lands and others (or subjects) in the county of or in the burgh of and county of described in, &c. (as above); or thus: All and Whole the lands and others (or subjects) in the county of or in the burgh of and county of described in, &c. (as above), with the exception of (describe the part excepted).

Note 4.—If several lands or subjects are described in the conveyance, deed, or instrument referred to, and it is intended to specify one or more of them, these may be distinguished from the others thus: All and Whole the lands and others (or subjects) first (or second and third described in, &c. (as above, or otherwise as the case may be).

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