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References
- Patrick Fraser and William Campbell. Treatise on Master and Servant, Employer and Workman, and Master and Apprentice, according to the Law of Scotland. Third Edition. T & T Clark. George Street, Edindburgh. 1882. Page 58.
- Viscount of Stair and John S More. The Institutions of the Law of Scotland. New Edition. Printed for Bell & Bradfute. Edinburgh. 1832. Volume 1. Pages 428, 429, 447, 451, 452, 454, 457 and 461. See also Notes P, W and X at pages civ, ccxxxiii and cclvi.
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