The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 24 April 2024

[1592/4/95]1

Concerning the relevancie of lybellis in causes criminall

2Item, it is statue and ordanit, seing that dyverse exceptionis and obiectionis rysis upoun criminall libellis and pairties frustrat of justice, that in tyme cuming all criminall libellis sall contene that the personis complenit3 airt and pairt of the cryme libellit, quhilk salbe relevant to accuse thame thairof sua that na exceptioun or objectioun tak away that pairt of the libell in tyme cuming.

  1. NAS, PA2/14, f.35v.
  2. Written in margin: 'V'. Alongside this act, in a small hand, is written 'be alleagit irrelevancie thairof'.
  3. APS reads 'complenit on ar ...'.