The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 19 April 2024
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The pains of lawburrows should be paid by him who for his disobedience is denounced rebel, the cautioner may be pursued or the principal
Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament statute and ordain that the pains of contravention shall be paid by the principal party that is charged to find lawburrows, albeit he pass to the horn and does not find caution; and if he finds caution, that both he as principal and also his cautioner shall be subject to the payment thereof at the option of the pursuer as in all other pecuniary obligations.
- NAS, PA2/15, f.70v.