Sentence:  [T]he pursuer moved the Court "for a rule to shew cause why this case should not be ordered to be tried, in respect that the verdict as it appears on the notes of the Judge furnished to the parties, was not declared by the <WSD>chancellor</WSD> or foreman of the jury in open Court, and taken down by the clerk of the said Court before the jury was discharged." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The foreman of a jury.