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From: Gordon Johnson <>
Subject: Re: Deed of Discharge
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 11:20:34 +0100


Marjorie Jodoin said:
>This reads to me as a sasine regardng a debt. You haven't included the
>text, but I would guess that the text talks about a debt paid and the
>obligation on property used as collateral is released. The debt has
>been paid and is discharged. The first date is the date on the document
>(when written) and the second is the date recorded in the Sheriff's
>Court. These sasines are all filed in the same place whether they
>involve a will or not--the point being that a transfer of property is
>involved. So I don't think it references a death at all.

**** While I agree with marjory about it being a discharge for a debt of
some kind, I think it is more likely to be found in the Registers of Deeds,
rather than the sasines.
Gordon.

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