abbreviation? Latin?

[Seoras]

Thanks to some clever Rootschatters I know what a cautioner is but every entry on this page of the register ends with the three words 'come for ma'
is it:-

1. An abbreviation

2.Latin,if so what does it mean,I've tried googling and the Roots Chat reference library but come up with nothing.

3.Someone has come to pick their mother up

George.

[pkincaid]

Looks like 'come ferma' to me.

[Skoosh]

George,  I've heard of "Pro Forma"?     Skoosh.

[Billyblue]

Looks like "come ferma" to me.
Putting it into Google translate it detects it as Italian [not Latin)
and means "as firm"
Come (pron. com mea)= As
Ferma I could have thought might mean closed??

Dawn M

[Seoras]

Hi Skoosh all of them seem to be in this form.Dawn and pkincaid here is another and it does appear to be three seperate words.

George.

[Billyblue]

Google translate still thinks it's Italian

come for ma = (it says) but as for

which sounds legalese. Would it fit?

Dawn M

[pkincaid]

I'd go with 'come forma" then.  What sort of register is this?  Seems like a general abbreviation to note to the effect that it is "as in the forms" or "according to the forms."  If it is a register of contracts, then one thinks they are referring to the standard form for the contract.  If it a church register, then one thinks they are referring to the event being according to the forms, rites or ceremonies of the church.

[Alexander.]

Were all the entries marriages? If so I would have read it as "come for marriage" or something similar...but that's not Latin and I don't know anything about this sort of thing. Just thought I'd mention it... 

Alexander

[GR2]

I have never seen this before. If it were cum forma it would make perfect sense in Latin. As the session clerk was usually the schoolmaster, the Latin in registers is normally of a high standard. If it were cum forma, the idea would be that everything was done, as you say in Scots 'conform to' the regular practice.

Graham.