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1540 in 6th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1877) App. 670/2 I..ordinis [3 persons as executors] and Robert Abbot of Kinloss ouersman, to my letter will.

1565 in J. Beveridge & G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1957) V. i. 633/2 Ane tikket..fund in his faderis purs as his latter will and legacie.

1596 in R. Dickson & J. P. Edmond Ann. Sc. Printing (1890) 478 Followis the Deidis Legacie and Lettrewill.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 35 She may make na disposition in her letter will, anent her husbands gudes and geir.

a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) 486 Buried at Dornogh, as she hath appoynted in her latter-will and testament.

1691 A. Brown Vindicatory Schedule 80 Whose former Writings being most acceptable to the learned World..most deservedly ought to concilitate Favour, Trust and Authority to this his last Schedule, as to his Letter will and Testament.

a1761 A. Moncrieff Pract. Wks. (1779) I. 90 They see the condition of the covenant fulfilled, and all the blessings thereof bequeathed unto them in a testamentary way, by Christ's letter-will and testament.

1776 C. Lofft Rep. Court King's Bench 284 It was said, and the same argument ran throughout, that every latter will revokes a former.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. at Will This term is not one which is used technically in our law,..although it is sometimes used in combination, as in the expression last or latter will, which is synonymous with testament.

1856 A. Menzies Conveyancing according to Law Scotl. ii. ix. 463 When there are several testaments by the same party, it is the last only that receives effect, and hence it is called the last or latter will.