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Concerning the erection of kirklands and teinds in temporal lordships

²The king's majesty and estates of this present parliament, for eschewing of the great inconveniences likely to arise through erection of temporalities and teinds of kirklands in temporal lordships and livings to the prejudice of the kirk and hurt of his majesty's estate and privilege of his crown, ordain and declare that no erections of the foresaid lands and teinds made since the act of annexation shall be ratified or given in this parliament, nor in any time hereafter, and in case any erections happen to be obtained in any time coming, the king's majesty and estates foresaid declare the same to be null and of no effect in the self, excepting always, likewise our said sovereign lord and estates above-written expressly except and reserve, all erections, charters and infeftments granted by his highness of such parts and portions of the kirklands already erected in temporal lordships and baronies to such person or persons as have already since the said late act of annexation received the honours, orders and estates of lords of parliament by the solemn form of belting and other ceremonies observed in such cases and have since entered and sat in parliament as temporal lords, voted in parliament and articles received and admitted to that effect.