[1592/4/74]¹

For eschewing of falsehoods in reduction of decreets of redemption

²Our sovereign lord and the estates of parliament, understanding that the fabricating, forging and devising of false evidents and writs within this realm produced and furnished innumerable and infinite actions and law-suits amongst his lieges to the hurt and prejudice of his highness's faithful and true subjects, for remedy and eschewing whereof our said sovereign lord, with advice and consent of his said estates and whole body of this present parliament, finds, decrees and declares that it shall not be permissible to any person or persons within this realm, their heirs and successors or other persons whatsoever having right proceeding from them to pursue for reduction or otherwise to call in question any decreet of redemption of lands, teinds, coals, coal pits, woods, mills, fishings, castles, towers, fortalices or any part thereof obtained at the instance of whatsoever person or persons, against whatsoever person or persons at any time before the date hereof, by virtue or under pretext of whatsoever discharges of reversion or reversions, posterior infeftments, or other contracts whatsoever which may evacuate and take away the said decreets of redemption or any of them and this act only to have place in decreets of redemption proceeding upon lawful premonition made by the parties' lawful contradictors, which were also duly summoned to the giving of the said decreets; and for obedience thereof has lawfully renounced the lands and others specified in the same decreets of redemption and who have been at sundry times summoned and convened before the lords of session at the instance of his highness's advocates and parties for their interest for production and improbation of all discharges of reversion or reversions, posterior infeftments, other rights and securities whatsoever which might prejudice or make derogation to the reversion or reversions whereupon the said decreets of redemption, or any of them, have followed, and produced no discharges, posterior infeftments nor any other writs which might take away or reduce the said decreets of redemption or prejudice or make derogation to the reversion or reversions whereupon the said decreets of redemption or any of them proceeded, so that the said persons lawfully warned and summoned in manner foresaid might pretend no ignorance of the said decreets of redemption.