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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†DOCQUET, DOQUET, n. Sc. legal usage of Eng. docket, an endorsement: a statement in Latin, appended to a document transferring property, setting forth particulars relative to the attestation of the notary who prepared it. Obs. since 1845.Sc. 1756 Acts of Sederunt (1790) 494:
The notary's doquet subjoined to the seisin shall mention the number of pages of which the seisin consists.Sc. 1829 G. J. Bell Princ. Law Scot. (1839) 289:
The conclusion is the notary's Latin doquet, authenticating the instrument [of sasine], and again attesting the truth of the ceremony, as seen, known, and heard by the notary and witnesses personally present.Sc. 1928 Green Encycl. V. 477:
The docquet must set forth not only the authority . . . but also that the deed had been read over to the granter in presence of the witnesses.