Lands being comprised by any person, if he from whom they are comprised happen to be forfeited, before the compriser take sasine upon his comprising, the land will fall under forfeiture, notwithstanding of the comprising. So, if he from whom the lands are comprised, happen to die before the compriser be seased in them, the defunct’s heir may be served and retoured heir to him of the same lands: And howbiet the compriser would cast in his comprising before the inquest, yet it would not stop the service of the brieve and retour, without he produce a sasine upon his comprising.
[1555] Mor 212
Bailii
Scotland, Land
Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.543990