WITNESS INSTRUMENTARY, Scotch law. He who has attested a deed or other
writing.
2. When witnesses attest a deed without knowing the grantor, and seeing
him subscribe, or bearing him own his subscription, and the deed happens to
be forged, the witnesses are declared accessory to forgery. Ersk. Pr. L.
Scot, 4, 4, 37; 6 Hill, N. Y. Rep. 303.