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Forasmuch as by act of parliament of the tuentie tuo of May it is statute and ordained that in all such caces wherin any infeftment of fie hes been alreadie or shall be at any tyme heirafter granted beareing a reversion or condition of reversion, and power to any persone and his assignayes dureing his lifetyme to redeeme from the persones to whom the fie is granted, it wes and shall be lawfull to the forsaid persone and his assignayes, dureing the tyme forsaid, to redeeme the lands and others contained in the saids fie infeftments, not only from the fiar himselff bot from his aires and assignayes tho they be not exprest wnlesse it be expreslie provydit, that it shall be lawfull only to redeeme from the fiar himselff and not from his aires, and in all such caces the lords of session and other judges are ordained to proceid and determine conforme therunto, and seing some debates may arise concerneing this act and the extent thairof, for cleiring whairof the king's majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, declares that the said act is to be extendit onlie ad futura and that the lords of the session and all other judges ar to take notice therof accordingly.