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 FIFTH PARLIAMENT. XVII. ofCMay. i S27. 117 2 if it fall happen the fentence quhair-upon the faidis letters fall be given ', to be retreated be the judge delegat, notwithftanding ony appellation therefra, the partie appellant beand warned and called, tohearethefo- vertie and caution tane : And that the partie appellant, fcnawand before the faidis Lordes , the fentence re-, tra&arour, letters he direct , to poynde the faidis foverties therefore. N I S, THE I F H PARLIAMENT O F KING JAMES THE FIFTH. Halden at Edinburgh, the XVII. day of Cftlaij, the zeirofGod, t_Ane thoufand, five • hun- dreth, threttie /even zeires. 36. The inflitutimi of the College of Juftice. TEM, Anent the fecond article, concerning the ordour of Juftice, Be- caufe our Soveraine Lordismaift defirous to have ane permanent ordour of Juftice, for die univerfall weill of all his Leiges : And therefore tendis to inftitute ane College of cunning & wife men.baith of Spiritual & Temporal Eftate, for doing and administration of Juftice in all civil anions : And therefore thinkis to be chofen certaine perfones maift convenient, and qualified therfore, to the number of fourteene perfones , halfe Spiritual, halfe Temporal, with ane Prefident : The quhilkis perfones fall be au- thorized in this prefent Parliament, to fit and decide upon all actions ciyil, and nane uthers to have vote with them, unto the time the faid College may be inftitute at mair leafure. 57. The place quhair toft in, andof the Feriat times. HP ■ AN D Thir perfones to beginne and fit in Edinburgh ,on the morne after Trinitie Sunday, quhill Lamb-mes : And thereafter to have vacance, quhill the ninreene day oiOttober nixt after , and then to begin and fit quhill Saint Thomas Even afore Znle, and thereafter to begin on the morne after Epifhanie day, and fit quhill Talme-Sunday Even, and thereafter to beginne upon the morne after T)ommica in Albis, and fit quhill Lamb-mes. 38. The Lordes to be fworne. AN D Thir perfones to be fworne to minifter juftice equalUe to all perfones , in fik caufes as fall happen to cum before them, withfikuther Rules and ftatures, as fall pleafe theKingis Grace to make, and give to them , for ordouring of the famin. 3 9. The authorizing in Parliament. THE Three Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, thinkis this artickle weill conceived : And therefore the Kingis Grace , with advife and confent of the faidis three Eftaites , ordainis the iamin to have effect inallpoyntes, and now ratifies and conflrmis the fame, and lies chofen thir perfones under-written , to the effettforefaid, quhais procefle , fentences and decreetes , fall have the famin ftrength, force and effecl , as thedecreeteoftheEordesofSeflionhad, in all times by-gane. 4 o. The author it ie of the Chancellor and Lordes. . PRoviding alwaies, that the Lorde Chancellar being prefent in this Towne, or ony uther place, he fall have vote, and be principal of the faid Councel. And fik-like uther Lordes, as fall pleafe the Kingis grace to injoyne to them of his greate Councel, to have vote fijklike , to the number of three or foure. T 3 41- The