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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RESCISSORY, adj. Sc. Law, of a legal action: purporting to declare a deed or illegal act void.Sc. 1754 Erskine Principles iv. i. § 5:
Rescissory actions are divided, 1. Into actions of proper improbation. 2. Actions of reduction-improbation.Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute iv. i. § 18:
Rescissory actions are those which our law has established for the voiding of deeds, services, decrees or other writings, or of illegal acts done by any body-corporate or society of men.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 829:
The action of simple reduction and the action of reduction-improbation, are the two varieties of the rescissory actions of the law of Scotland.Sc. 1896 W. K. Morton Manual 462:
Ordinary actions are those which establish a right in the pursuer; rescissory actions are those which cut down or reduce a right, or an apparent right, acquired by the defender.Sc. 1916 J. A. MacLaren Ct. of Sess. Pract. 638:
A rescissory action, or action of reduction is an action to annul any deed or any illegal act done.