Section 16 Form of note of appeal.

An appeal to the Lord Ordinary under this Act may, when otherwise competent, be taken by a note of appeal written at the end or on the margin of the order, finding, judgment, interlocutor, or decree appealed from, or by a separate note of appeal lodged with the sheriff clerk; and such note of appeal may be in the following or similar terms:

And the said note shall be signed by the appellant or his agent, and shall bear the date on which it is signed.