Scotland, legal history

Sinclair's Practicks, test run
Law reports Edinburgh, Court of Session, 1540-1549

To test direct reading, click here: sinclair.htm, 915 KB, update 1 August 2002

Download: To test copying Sinclair's Practicks to your computer, click below:
sinclair.exe (260 KB, update 1 August 2002)

Instructions for download:
After clicking, a message will appear on your computer screen. The message will offer to transfer a file named "sinclair.exe" to your computer, and it will propose to you the name of a directory where the copy shall be deposited.
Either accept that proposal, or type a different path name for that copy.

The file named "sinclair.exe" will thus wind up somewhere on your computer.
It is a compressed file, produced by program WINZIP SELF-EXTRACTOR.

To unpack the compressed file, call it up as an executable file.
For example, under WINDOWS click "Start" at the left lower corner of the screen. From the menu which will appear, choose "execute". You will be asked about the path name and file name of the file which shall be executed. Direct your computer to go to the directory where you deposited the copy of "sinclair.exe" and let that file be executed. It will unpack a readable file named "SINCLAIR.RTF". The computer will propose a path where to store that readable file (e.g. "\WINDOWS\TEMP\". Either accept that proposal, or type any other path name where to store the readable file. You may then cull the compressed file - it is no longer needed.

The unpacked file "sinclair.rtf" is in rich-text-format (= RTF). Use any word processing program to read it - e.g. Microsoft Word.

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(Aug. 2002)