Excerpt from Green's Encyclopaedia of the Law of Scotland, Vol. 10: Presenter of Signatures to Runrig Presenter Of Signatures. - Although no record exists of the origin in the Scottish Court of Exchequer, of the Office of Presenter of Signatures, it is probable that it was established soon after the union of the Crowns of England and Scotland. The office was recognised, and continued as then existing, by the Act reconstituting the Court of Exchequer, after the Treaty of Union (6 Anne, c. 26, s. It was abolished by sec. 51 of the Conveyancing Act, 1874, by which the duties of the presenter, so far as these still existed, were transferred to the Sheriff of Chancery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.