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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