The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 25 April 2024

[1593/4/35]1

2Regarding remissions and respites

Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ratify and approve the acts of his highness's parliaments made of before against the granting of remissions and respites to the committers of murders, slaughters and other odious crimes mentioned therein where there is not sufficient letter of slains3 shown; and ordain the said acts to have full effect and to be observed by his highness and his deputes during the whole space mentioned therein, and that no respite or remission be admitted in judgement hereafter, except the same be constituted by the treasurer, subscribed by him, and at least passed his register.

  1. NAS, PA2/15, f.10v.
  2. The letter 'V.' written in the margin.
  3. Defined in DSL as a document issued by the kin of a murdered person stating that no (further) liability for the crime existed, normally a result of acceptable satisfaction or reparation.