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An act explaining the act of parliament made of before concerning subscribing and selling of writs of great importance

The king's majesty, with advice of the three estates of this present parliament, expresses and declares that the act concerning the selling of writs of importance is not to be understood of such writs, contracts or obligations as are by the parties agreed upon to be registered in the books of our sovereign lord's council or other ordinary judges, seeing the parties consent to register the same, which is a greater solemn act than the selling thereof; and that the non-selling of the same shall be no² exception against the validity of the said writs, being subscribed by the parties and agreed on to be registered as said is, which his majesty and estates aforesaid declare to need no seals; neither that the said act concerning the said writs to be subscribed by two notaries shall be extended to instruments of sasine, whereunto a faithful notary with a reasonable number of honest and reputable witnesses is sufficient; and this declaration to be observed as a law in all time coming.