The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 20 April 2024

[1579/10/36]1

Concerning prescription in certain causes of debt, chapter 17

2Item, it is statute and ordained by our sovereign lord, with advice of his three estates in parliament, that all actions of debts for house mails, men's ordinars, servant's fees, merchant's accounts and other similar debts that are not founded upon written obligations be pursued within three years, otherwise the creditor shall have no action, unless he either prove by writ or by oath of his party.

  1. NAS, PA2/12, f.28r.
  2. 'P' written in margin.