In minutes designations of all parties are kept as short as the circumstances in each case permit. The following are examples of parties as designed in the writ together with the method of minuting:

Writ: Disp. by A and B, each owner of separate properties
Minute: Disp. by A, proprietor of subjects I aftermentioned and B, proprietor of subjects II aftermentioned - To C

Writ: Disp. by A and B, each owner of 1/2 pro indiviso of property
Minute: Disp. by A and B - To C

Writ: X, Y and Z, as Trustees and Executors of A, and the writs contain a deduction of title which proceeds on (1) the Will only, (2) the Confirmation only, (3) the Will and Confirmation
Minute: (1) Trustees of A, (2) Executors of A, (3) Trustees and Executors of A

Writ: X and Y, as Trustees for the purposes mentioned in writ
Minute: X and Y, as Trustees

Writ: X and Y, as Trustees (infeft) of A, with consent of Z, an assumed Trustee of A
Minute: Trustees of A

Writ: X, as sole surviving Trustee of A
Minute: Trustee of A

Writ: X, Y and Z, as Trustees under Contract of Marriage between A and B
Minute: Mar. Con. Trustees of A and B

Writ: X, Y and Z, as Trustees ex officiis for...
Minute: Trustees for...

Writ: X, as Trustee on Seq. Estate of A (or under Trust Deed for A)
Minute: Trustee on Seq. Estate of A (or under Trust Deed for A)

Writ: Trustee under Trust Deed for Creditors of A
Minute: Trustee for Creditors of A (The Trust Deed is minuted in the deduction of title)

Writ: A, as Trustee on Seq. Estate of B, with consent of X, Y and Z, as Commissioners
Minute: Trustee, with consent of Commissioners, on Seq. Estate of B

Writ: Disp. by Trustees under Trust Deed for A and others, where the title was to Trustees under Trust Deed for A, B and C
Minute: In order to introduce B and C into the minute a reference to the title is made (if possible) thus: which subjects were vested in Trustees for said A [B and C], whose title is recorded...

Writ: X, Y and Z, as Trustees for their Firm of C
Minute: as in writ

Writ: Executors nominate or Executors dative &c. of A
Minute: Executors of A

Writ: X and Y, as Trustees under Trust Disp. and Settl. by A
Minute: Trustees under Trust Disp. and Settl. by A

Writ: Limited Companies, Building Societies, Banks and Insurance Companies
Minute: The name of the company &c. only will be minuted. The trade, town or street name is not shown

Writ: Commissioner, Factor and Attorney for A
Minute: Attorney for A

Occupations are not minuted except in the case where it is the only means of identifying the party, e.g. John Smith, Solicitor, Edinburgh.

A granter who is designed only as “heritable proprietor of the subjects aftermentioned” is uniquely designed. If the subjects have a postal address, this is used as the designation.

John Docherty, 7 Sheep Wynd, Montrose, trading as Docherty Surveyors, 12 Milne Street, Kilmarnock, should be minuted in full. The words “trading as” should not be abbreviated to “t/a”. “Docherty Surveyors” is not indexed.

Where a party is designed as, e.g. “c/o Black, 3 High Street, Ayr”, only “3 High Street, Ayr” is minuted. If however, the designation is e.g. “c/o a Firm, a Company, or a Bank”, this is minuted as, e.g. “c/o Bank of Scotland, 1 High Street, Crieff”.

Where an unlimited company is stated to be “incorporated under the Companies Act”, the word “incorporated” is shown in the minute e.g. ?p?nGILLON BROTHERS (LIMESPREADERS)?z incorporated. The word “incorporated” is not indexed, except where the name of the unlimited company is that of a person, e.g.?pJAMES ?nPETTIGREW INCORPORATED?z

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