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 5 i<5 THE FIRST "PARLIAMENT O ACT XXXI. In favour of his Mays file and Lieges, Intitulate; Salvo jure Cujuflibet. UR SOVERAIGNE LORD and Eftates of Parliament declare, that no particular Acts made ' in favour of any of his Majefties fubje&s at this prefent Parliament , nor no Acts of Ratificati- on made in their favour , mall prejudge his Majeftie nor his Succeflburs , of the Acts and Statutes underwritten , made in favour of his Majeftie in this fame Parliament , viz. The Act of his Majefties Revocation : The Act anent the fuperiorities of Erections : The Act anent Regalities of Erections ; and the Acts made or ratified anent his Majefties annexed properties : And his Maje- jeftie and Eftates, finde and declare the faid particular Acts, and Acts of Ratification , made in favour of any of his Majefties fubjedts , in fo far as the fame ■, or any of them may prejudge his Majeftie ot his Succeflburs, of die faids Acts and Statutes, made in his Majefties favour, or of the benefit there- of in whole or in part, to be null and of none avail, force > nor effect, by way of exception or reply. And ficklike ; Statute and Ordaine that the faids particular Acts, and Acts of Ratification , fhall not prejudge any third party of their lawful rights, nor of their Actions and defences competent thereupon, before the making of the faids particular Acts and Acts of Ratification ; But that the Lords of Sef- fion and all other Judges fhall be obliged to judge betwixt the parties, according to their rights ftanding in their perfons* before the making of the faids particular Acts. And thatinrefpectthe faids particular Acts, and Acts of Ratification , are made without hearing of parties having intereft ; and therefore are made Salvo jure cujuflibet ; Like-as his Majeftie and Eftates declare, That this is and was the true meaning of all the Acts made in the preceeding Parliaments, Intitulat, hzxs Salvo jure cujuflibet Excepting alwayes forth of this prefent Act a Ratification of the Mortification of the Abbacie of T>un~ drenan to the Chapel-Royal, in favour of the Bifhop of Dunblane ; The Act of Ratification of the Benefice of Failfuird with the pertinents, granted to Mafter Walter Quhytfuird, with the Act of dif- folution of the Abbacies of Holy-rude-houfe and New-Abby, all paft in this prefent Parliament : except- ing alfo forth of this prefent Act, The Act of Ratification and diflblution, made in favour oi the Mar- quefs of Hamiltoun, anent his right to the f mpoft of the Wines new and old , gifted by his Majeftie to him for the fpace of Sixteen yeares fpecified in his gifts and grants made to him thereupon ; and alio excepting forth hereof the Ratification of the contract paft betwixt his Majeftie and the Lord Lome, Anent the heritable office of Jufticiarie, within the bounds therein mentioned , dated the third , and twentie third day of April, 16x8. yeares : And of the Charter under the great Seal, precept, andin- ftrument of feizing following thereupon, together with libertie of creation of Clerks and Members of court , directing of precepts , and letters of horning , and power to denounce ; and with all other priviledges therein contained. And ficklike of the three feveral acts of Council and an act of Exchequer, all relative to his rights of the faid office of Jufticiarie, and in favour of the faid Lor-d Lome, Collected, vified and extracted forth of the Book and Regifttr of the Acts of Parliament, by me Sir John Hay of Lands Knight, Clerk of his ^Majefties Council, Regifterand Rolls : Under my Signt and Subfcription manual. JOHANNES HAY, Clericus Regifiri. FINIS. T A-