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JOHNMINSHEU:SCHOLARORCHARLETAN?31 BilawesareordersmadeinCourtLeetesorCourtBarons,bycommonAssent,forthe goodofthosethatmakethem,furtherthenthepublikeLawdothbinde.Cokevol:6. Jo:63.a.Kitchenjo:45.&79.TheseinScotlandarecalledBurlaworBirlaw.Vi.Skenede verborumsignificat:invoceBurlaw,whereheesaiththus:LawesofBurlawaremade anddeterminedbyconsentofneighborselected,andchosenbycommonconsentin theCourtscalledBirlawCourts.InwhichCognitionistakenofcomplaintsbetweene neighbourandneighbour.WhichmensochosenareJudgesandArbitratorsinthe effectaforesaid,andarecalledBirlawmen.ForBawr,Bawer,inHighDutch,and BawersmanisRusticus,aCountriman,andsoBirlaworBurlaw,LegesRusticorum,the LawesofCountrymen.