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have_v not_o be_v secure_v by_o this_o act._n though_o this_o act_n discharge_v all_o continuation_n of_o justice-court_n and_o ordain_v the_o justice_n to_o proceed_v 79._o notwithstanding_o of_o such_o precept_n yet_o both_o king_n and_o council_n use_v to_o command_v the_o justice_n to_o continue_v their_o diet_n though_o this_o act_n be_v object_v in_o the_o process_n for_o william_n halyburton_n murder_n june_n 1676._o but_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o in_o such_o case_n the_o king_n shall_v be_v inform_v by_o the_o justice_n what_o be_v to_o be_v say_v on_o both_o side_n before_o they_o continue_v such_o diet_n in_o process_n at_o the_o instance_n of_o private_a party_n for_o the_o king_n and_o the_o party_n have_v different_a interest_n and_o it_o be_v declare_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n that_o the_o party_n may_v pursue_v without_o the_o king_n it_o seem_v very_o reasonable_a that_o the_o party_n process_n shall_v not_o be_v stop_v upon_o surreptitious_a warrant_n without_o 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their_o depute_n and_o clerk_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n and_o find_v caution_n in_o the_o book_n of_o council_n be_v in_o desuetude_n as_o to_o both_o the_o part_n for_o they_o neither_o find_v caution_n nor_o give_v in_o the_o name_n of_o their_o depute_n but_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la i_o think_v letter_n of_o horning_n may_v be_v direct_a upon_o this_o act_n for_o both_o effect_n it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a that_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n shall_v know_v whether_o the_o depute_n be_v able_a and_o this_o caution_n will_v keep_v they_o in_o awe_n and_o secure_v the_o people_n if_o they_o do_v injustice_n the_o caution_n require_v by_o this_o act_n be_v burgess_n indweller_n in_o edinburgh_n caution_n burgeoise_n as_o the_o french_a call_v the_o best_a caution_n by_o this_o act_n the_o form_n of_o hold_v justice-air_n be_v set_v down_o but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v more_o full_o in_o the_o iter_fw-la justiciarii_fw-la 81._o and_o upon_o the_o word_n justice-air_n de_fw-fr verb._n signif_n and_o so_o need_v not_o be_v repeat_v but_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n fit_a to_o be_v observe_v because_o innovate_v obseru._n 1._o that_o commission_n of_o justiciary_a be_v to_o be_v under_o the_o testimonial_a of_o the_o great-seal_n by_o this_o act_n but_o now_o they_o be_v always_o under_o the_o great-seal_n when_o grant_v by_o the_o king_n but_o seldom_o or_o never_o under_o the_o quarter-seal_n which_o be_v call_v the_o testimonial_a of_o the_o great-seat_n and_o when_o they_o be_v grant_v by_o the_o council_n they_o be_v only_o sign_v by_o a_o quorum_fw-la but_o under_o no_o seal_n obseru._n 2._o that_o albeit_o the_o stevartry_n or_o bailliry_n be_v here_o appoint_v to_o come_v to_o the_o head_n burrows_n of_o the_o shire_n where_o dittay_n be_v to_o be_v take_v up_o yet_o it_o have_v be_v find_v that_o the_o council_n may_v ordain_v they_o to_o come_v to_o other_o place_n for_o the_o public_a conveniency_n when_o the_o diet_n be_v so_o short_a that_o the_o justice_n clerk_n can_v stay_v at_o every_o shire_n and_o thus_o the_o constabulary_a of_o hadingtoun_n be_v ordain_v to_o give_v up_o dittay_v at_o edinburgh_n observe_v 3._o that_o albeit_o by_o the_o old_a form_n panel_n be_v to_o be_v cite_v to_o justice-air_n upon_o forty_o day_n iter._n just._n num_fw-la 6._o yet_o now_o they_o use_v to_o cite_v upon_o fifteen_o or_o more_o day_n and_o then_o as_o now_o they_o be_v not_o cite_v peremptorly_a to_o one_o day_n as_o in_o ordinary_a justice-court_n but_o to_o any_o one_o of_o the_o day_n in_o which_o the_o court_n be_v to_o sit_v in_o that_o place_n to_o which_o they_o be_v cite_v and_o all_o the_o panel_n be_v call_v every_o day_n at_o that_o place_n and_o if_o they_o compear_v at_o any_o one_o of_o the_o day_n they_o be_v not_o declare_a fugitive_n at_o the_o first_o day_n of_o justice-air_n all_o who_o be_v call_v must_v find_v caution_n to_o appear_v at_o all_o the_o diet_n of_o the_o justice-air_n which_o some_o complain_v of_o albeit_o by_o the_o form_n of_o our_o old_a brieve_n and_o the_o constant_a practic_n only_a miller_n brewer_n smith_n and_o officer_n of_o court_n be_v cite_v to_o give_v up_o dittay_v upon_o oath_n because_o it_o be_v presume_v that_o the_o best_a intelligence_n be_v to_o be_v have_v from_o such_o public_a person_n yet_o the_o council_n do_v late_o ordain_v that_o nobleman_n and_o gentleman_n shall_v likewise_o be_v oblige_v to_o give_v up_o dittay_v because_o the_o crime_n be_v treason_n and_o art_n and_o part_n thereof_o it_o be_v presume_v that_o they_o shall_v understand_v the_o same_o better_a than_o mean_a people_n and_o for_o detect_v of_o so_o great_a a_o crime_n person_n of_o all_o quality_n shall_v concur_v and_o the_o former_a custom_n be_v not_o exclusive_a of_o call_v person_n of_o quality_n likeas_n by_o the_o 94._o act_n par._n 13_o ja._n 3._o the_o king_n be_v to_o call_v the_o lord_n and_o headman_n of_o the_o part_n of_o his_o realm_n and_o to_o take_v dittay_n of_o they_o id_fw-la est_fw-la by_o they_o of_o notour_n trespasser_n 82._o by_o this_o act_n hogher_n or_o slayer_n of_o horse_n destroyer_n of_o plough-graith_a grow_v corn_n etc._n etc._n be_v punish_v as_o thief_n to_o the_o death_n vid._n crim_n pract_n tit._n theft_n obseru._n 1._o that_o this_o act_n prove_v theft_n to_o be_v capital_a by_o our_o law_n though_o we_o have_v no_o express_a law_n for_o make_v theft_n capital_n general_o obseru._n 2._o that_o it_o may_v well_o be_v doubt_v whether_o cut_v of_o corn_n etc._n etc._n in_o landed-man_n be_v treason_n since_o it_o will_v seem_v to_o be_v so_o for_o by_o this_o act_n it_o be_v declare_v punishable_a as_o theft_n and_o theft_n in_o landed-man_n be_v by_o the_o 50_o act_n of_o this_o parliament_n declare_v to_o be_v treason_n but_o yet_o i_o conceive_v that_o these_o statutory_a theft_n be_v not_o punishable_a as_o treason_n since_o that_o be_v but_o fictio_fw-la fictionis_fw-la &_o dvae_fw-la fictiones_fw-la non_fw-la cadunt_fw-la in_o idem_fw-la subjectum_fw-la likeas_n the_o punishment_n be_v dedetermine_v here_o to_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o simple_a theft_n viz._n death_n whereas_o if_o the_o law_n have_v design_v forfalture_n it_o will_v have_v name_v forfalture_n here_o as_o in_o the_o former_a act._n it_o have_v be_v doubt_v upon_o this_o act_n whether_o the_o cut_n of_o corn_n sow_v by_o a_o strangâ—â—_n who_o have_v no_o right_n be_v a_o crime_n in_o the_o heretor_fw-la who_o may_v pretend_v that_o satum_fw-la cedit_fw-la solo_fw-la and_o it_o be_v think_v that_o if_o the_o heretor_fw-la suffer_v a_o stranger_n to_o possess_v for_o any_o considerable_a time_n he_o can_v not_o have_v cut_v they_o down_o summary_o no_o more_o than_o he_o can_v have_v remove_v that_o strange_a summary_o from_o his_o possession_n though_o unjust_a 84._o these_o act_n be_v explain_v crim_a pract_n tit._n deforcement_n vid._n act_n 150_o par._n 12_o ja._n 6._o and_o statut._n will._n cap._n 4._o v._n 5._o 85._o it_o appear_v by_o this_o act_n that_o letter_n of_o lawburrow_n be_v of_o old_a grant_v by_o several_a clerk_n and_o by_o this_o all_o caution_n for_o lawburrow_n be_v ordain_v to_o be_v find_v to_o the_o justice-clerk_n which_o be_v indeed_o most_o reasonable_a because_o bodily_a harm_n be_v there_o dread_a and_o the_o prevent_n of_o that_o shall_v belong_v to_o the_o justice-court_n but_o now_o the_o council_n session_n and_o criminal_a court_n have_v the_o power_n of_o cause_v party_n find_v caution_n for_o lawburrow_n but_o the_o act_n in_o so_o far_o as_o it_o discharge_v lawburrow_n to_o be_v grant_v against_o complice_n in_o the_o general_n be_v yet_o in_o observance_n and_o very_o just_o for_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o leave_v it_o arbitrary_a to_o the_o party_n to_o charge_v any_o they_o please_v 86._o though_o this_o act_n appoint_v all_o court_n to_o be_v fence_v
such_o as_o be_v in_o prison_n there_o need_v no_o solemn_o and_o yet_o for_o the_o more_o security_n inditement_n of_o treason_n be_v also_o execute_v against_o prisoner_n by_o a_o herald_n that_o part_n of_o the_o act_n which_o relate_v to_o the_o deprivation_n of_o messenger_n be_v former_o explain_v act_n 46_o par._n 11_o ja._n 6._o only_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o though_o the_o lion_n by_o this_o act_n be_v ordain_v to_o deprive_v messenger_n by_o advice_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n yet_o he_o use_v to_o deprive_v they_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n and_o in_o his_o own_o court_n and_o though_o he_o publish_v the_o deprivation_n at_o the_o mâ—reat_a cross_n yet_o execution_n after_o that_o publication_n have_v be_v sustain_v if_o the_o messenger_n after_o that_o publication_n be_v habit_n and_o repute_v a_o messenger_n november_n 10._o 1676._o stenart_n contra_fw-la hay_n and_o though_o it_o may_v be_v allege_v that_o this_o publication_n shall_v put_v the_o liege_n in_o mala_fw-la side_n as_o well_o as_o the_o publication_n of_o interdiction_n and_o inhibition_n yet_o the_o answer_n be_v that_o there_o be_v public_a register_n in_o these_o case_n which_o may_v inform_v these_o who_o be_v to_o transact_v which_o can_v clear_v they_o as_o to_o the_o deprivation_n of_o messenger_n though_o this_o act_n appoint_v that_o the_o justice-clerk_n or_o his_o depute_n shall_v within_o six_o day_n after_o criminal_a letter_n be_v return_v 126._o deliver_v the_o name_n of_o the_o person_n denunce_v with_o a_o brief_a note_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o denunciation_n to_o the_o thesaurer_n as_o also_o the_o name_n of_o such_o as_o be_v unlaw_v for_o absence_n from_o assize_n yet_o this_o be_v not_o now_o in_o observance_n all_o that_o be_v observe_v now_o be_v only_o that_o upon_o a_o command_n from_o the_o thesaury_n these_o list_n be_v give_v in_o so_o that_o this_o act_n be_v rather_o forget_v than_o in_o desuetude_n by_o the_o last_o part_n of_o this_o act_n all_o commission_n of_o justiciary_a for_o long_a space_n than_o the_o particular_a affair_n for_o which_o it_o be_v grant_v be_v discharge_v and_o therefore_o by_o this_o act_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o commission_n for_o justiciary_a grant_v for_o a_o year_n or_o any_o definite_a time_n and_o not_o for_o a_o particular_a business_n be_v null_n it_o be_v likewise_o appoint_v by_o this_o clause_n that_o such_o as_o procure_v commission_n of_o justiciary_a shall_v find_v caution_n to_o re-produce_a the_o process_n and_o to_o pay_v that_o part_n of_o the_o commodity_n which_o by_o the_o commission_n be_v destinate_a for_o the_o king_n use_n which_o be_v most_o rational_a because_o this_o will_v likewise_o oblige_v these_o who_o get_v the_o commission_n to_o do_v justice_n know_v that_o the_o process_n may_v be_v revise_v when_o it_o be_v lie_v in_o publica_fw-la custodia_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o the_o book_n of_o adjournal_n for_o such_o process_n ought_v to_o be_v bring_v back_o and_o be_v usual_o registrate_v there_o but_o this_o be_v ofttimes_o neglect_v and_o it_o be_v debate_v in_o the_o case_n turnbul_n against_o the_o lord_n cranstoun_n july_n 1678._o that_o the_o tenor_n of_o a_o decreet_a of_o forfalture_n pronunce_v upon_o a_o commission_n grant_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o dumbar_n can_v not_o be_v prove_v except_o the_o process_n be_v produce_v whereupon_o it_o proceed_v conform_v to_o this_o act_n since_o all_o that_o the_o witness_n can_v prove_v be_v that_o they_o have_v see_v such_o a_o decreet_a which_o be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o else_o a_o unjust_a decreet_a of_o forefalture_n may_v be_v pronunce_v and_o lose_v to_o the_o end_n the_o tenor_n thereof_o may_v be_v prove_v without_o any_o possibility_n of_o quarrel_v the_o warrant_n whereupon_o it_o proceed_v it_o may_v be_v doubt_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o that_o part_n of_o the_o commodity_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n and_o i_o conceive_v that_o when_o such_o commission_n of_o justiciary_a be_v grant_v the_o whole_a escheat_n belong_v to_o the_o king_n and_o the_o commissioner_n have_v only_o right_o to_o their_o necessary_a expense_n tanquam_fw-la mandatarii_fw-la except_o a_o particular_a quota_fw-la be_v condescend_v on_o in_o their_o commission_n though_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o these_o commissioner_n have_v right_a to_o the_o same_o quota_n that_o sheriff_n have_v since_o they_o be_v sheriff_n in_o that_o part_n 127._o by_o this_o act_n the_o comptroller_n consent_n be_v requisite_a in_o all_o infeftment_n of_o feu-ferm_a or_o confirmation_n of_o the_o king_n proper_a land_n and_o though_o there_o be_v no_o comptroller_n now_o yet_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o thesaury_n or_o thesaurer_n if_o he_o be_v supply_v the_o same_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o this_o act_n appoint_v all_o feu-ferms_a and_o confirmation_n to_o pass_v the_o comptroller_n register_n which_o be_v likewise_o ratify_v by_o the_o 171_o act_n 13_o par._n ja._n 6._o it_o be_v sit_v to_o know_v that_o the_o thesaurer_n and_o comptroller_n have_v different_a register_n but_o now_o there_o be_v but_o one_o clerk_n to_o all_o the_o exchequer_n who_o be_v call_v the_o thesaurers_n clerk_n and_o he_o keep_v but_o one_o register_n each_o volumn_n whereof_o be_v divide_v in_o two_o part_n the_o one_o whereof_o contain_v only_a gift_n that_o pass_v the_o exchequer_n and_o the_o other_o all_o other_o signature_n of_o confirmation_n etc._n etc._n beast_n find_a in_o his_o majesty_n forest_n or_o park_n may_v be_v brevi_fw-la manu_fw-la 128._o intromet_v with_o vid._n act_n 12_o par._n 4_o ja._n 5._o but_o since_o forest_n be_v not_o now_o fence_v it_o seem_v unreasonable_a that_o a_o beast_n stray_v shall_v be_v escheat_v though_o where_o beast_n be_v design_o drive_v into_o a_o forest_n it_o deserve_v punishment_n and_o this_o act_n seem_v only_o to_o speak_v of_o fence_v forest_n for_o it_o say_v park_n or_o forest_n and_o it_o require_v 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