Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	peace_n	power_n	session_n	3,270	5	10.2826	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58628	The laws and acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraign James VII by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith holden at Edinburgh the twenty third day of April 1685, by His Grace William Duke of Queensberry ..., His Majesties High Commissioner for holding this Parliament, by vertue of a commission under His Majesties great seal of this kingdom : with the special advice and consent of the Estates of Parliament / collected and extracted from the registers and records of Parliament, by George Viscount of Tarbet, Lord McLeod, and Castle-haven, &c. ...; Laws, etc.	Scotland.; Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of, 1630-1714.; Scotland. Parliament.	1685 (1685)	Wing S1252; ESTC R472631	57,189	47

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their_o proceed_n against_o church_n irregularity_n baptism_n marriage_n and_o conventicle_n the_o justice_n may_v proceed_v immediate_o without_o wait_v any_o time_n after_o the_o crime_n be_v commit_v and_o their_o clerk_n be_v appoint_v to_o send_v information_n of_o their_o proceed_n once_o in_o the_o quarter_n to_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o council_n as_o they_o will_v be_v answerable_a and_o for_o their_o further_a encouragement_n his_o majesty_n allow_v unto_o the_o said_n justice_n of_o peace_n the_o fynes_n of_o all_o except_o heritor_n which_o shall_v arise_v from_o these_o delinquency_n judge_v by_o they_o to_o be_v employ_v for_o explicate_v of_o their_o jurisdiction_n as_o they_o shall_v think_v fit_a and_o for_o discover_v of_o what_o the_o fynes_n of_o heritor_n shall_v amount_v to_o the_o clerk_n of_o these_o court_n be_v hereby_o appoint_v to_o send_v a_o subscribe_v list_n of_o they_o to_o the_o clerk_n of_o exchequer_n in_o the_o first_o week_n of_o november_n 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of_o these_o land_n so_o hold_v to_o his_o majesty_n own_o use_n it_o be_v always_o hereby_o declare_v that_o the_o annexation_n of_o the_o land_n of_o northberwick_a as_o belong_v to_o the_o say_v thomas_n stuart_n sometime_o of_o cultness_n shall_v not_o prejudge_v the_o senator_n of_o the_o college_n of_o justice_n as_o to_o their_o right_n and_o interest_n in_o these_o land_n who_o be_v hereby_o declare_v preferable_a for_o the_o same_o reserve_v also_o lieutenant_n colonel_n theophulus_fw-la ogilthrop_n and_o major_a main_a and_o captain_n cornwall_n his_o author_n the_o right_n and_o grant_n make_v to_o they_o respectiuè_fw-la by_o his_o late_a majesty_n in_o so_o far_o as_o concern_v the_o land_n gift_v to_o they_o to_o be_v bruike_v and_o enjoy_v by_o they_o ay_o and_o until_o they_o be_v satisfy_v by_o his_o majesty_n or_o by_o their_o own_o intromission_n xliii_o act_z in_o favour_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o orkney_n and_o zetland_n june_n 16._o 1685._o our_o sovereign_a lord_n consider_v the_o great_a distance_n of_o the_o island_n of_o orkney_n and_o zetland_n from_o the_o town_n of_o edinburgh_n the_o ordinary_a place_n of_o justice_n and_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o passage_n by_o sea_n and_o the_o many_o fresh_a water_n and_o other_o ferries_n in_o the_o way_n by_o land_n do_v with_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o his_o estate_n of_o parliament_n statute_n and_o ordain_v that_o all_o summons_n to_o be_v intent_a against_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o orkney_n and_o zetland_n before_o the_o lord_n of_o privy_a council_n the_o lord_n of_o session_n and_o before_o the_o commissioner_n of_o justiciary_a and_o letter_n of_o horning_n and_o lawborrows_a upon_o their_o decreet_n or_o by_o their_o warrant_n shall_v be_v execute_v in_o time_n come_v upon_o forty_o day_n but_o prejudice_n always_o of_o letter_n to_o be_v raise_v upon_o writ_n registrate_v of_o consent_n of_o party_n where_o by_o the_o clause_n of_o registration_n the_o party_n consent_v that_o execution_n shall_v pass_v on_o a_o short_a time_n xliv_o act_z for_o a_o standart_n of_o miles_n june_n 16._o 1685._o our_o sovereign_a lord_n think_v it_o fit_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o fix_a standart_n for_o measure_v and_o computation_n of_o miles_n and_o that_o the_o whole_a isle_n of_o britain_n shall_v be_v under_o on_o certain_a kind_n of_o commensuration_n do_v therefore_o with_o consent_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o parliament_n statute_n and_o ordain_v that_o three_o barley_n corn_n set_v lengthway_n shall_v make_v a_o inch_n as_o it_o be_v already_o use_v that_o twelve_o inch_n shall_v make_v a_o foot_n of_o measure_n which_o be_v to_o be_v the_o only_a foot_n by_o which_o all_o workman_n especial_o mason_n wright_n glasier_n and_o other_o be_v ordain_v to_o measure_v their_o work_n in_o all_o time_n come_v under_o the_o pain_n of_o a_o hundred_o pound_n toties_fw-la quoties_fw-la three_o of_o these_o foot_n be_v be_v to_o make_v a_o yard_n as_o three_o foot_n and_o one_o inch_n make_v a_o scots_a eln_n and_o a_o thousand_o seven_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o yard_n be_v to_o make_v a_o mile_n which_o be_v to_o be_v make_v the_o standart_n of_o computation_n from_o place_n to_o place_n in_o all_o time_n come_v xlv_o act_z in_o favour_n of_o sir_n william_n bruce_n for_o enlarge_a the_o shire_n of_o kinross_n june_n 16._o 1685._o our_o sovereign_a lord_n and_o estate_n of_o parliament_n consider_v the_o smallness_n and_o extent_n of_o the_o sheriffdom_n of_o kinross_n and_o jurisdiction_n thereof_o to_o support_v and_o maintain_v the_o state_n and_o rank_n of_o a_o distinct_a shire_n as_o it_o be_v and_o ancient_o have_v be_v and_o that_o it_o will_v be_v of_o great_a advantage_n and_o ease_v to_o his_o majesty_n liege_n the_o several_a heretor_n residenter_n and_o inhabitant_n within_o the_o paroch_n of_o portmock_n cleish_n and_o tilliboal_n except_v always_o and_o reserve_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o land_n of_o carnboe_n bridge-land_n cruick_a and_o cruick-miln_a lie_v in_o the_o say_a paroch_n of_o tilliboal_n and_o stewartry_n of_o strathern_n whereof_o james_n earl_n of_o perth_n lord_n high_a chancellor_n be_v heritable_a stewart_n out_o of_o this_o present_a act_n which_o be_v hereby_o declare_v to_o be_v without_o prejudice_n thereunto_o infringement_n thereof_o or_o encroachment_n thereupon_o or_o to_o the_o detriment_n of_o the_o say_v heritable_a stewartry_n in_o any_o manner_n of_o way_n whatsoever_o and_o to_o the_o heretor_n of_o these_o several_a part_n and_o portion_n of_o land_n lie_v in_o the_o paroch_n of_o kinross_n and_o in_o the_o shire_n of_o fife_n and_o perth_n and_o of_o the_o barony_n of_o cuthilgourdy_a lie_v in_o the_o shire_n of_o perth_n and_o belong_v to_o sir_n william_n bruce_n of_o kinross_n baronet_n heritable_a sheriff_n of_o the_o say_a shire_n of_o kinross_n be_v disjoin_v from_o the_o say_n shire_n of_o fife_n and_o perth_n and_o jurisdiction_n thereof_o and_o join_v annex_v and_o 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