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Warrant: concerning the justice courts

Warrand to the justice

The estates of parliament grantes warrand and power to the cheefe justice and justice deputts to keepe and hold there courtes and dyetts and proceed and minister justice therintill as accords of the law notwithstanding of the sitting of this highe court of parliament, and specially but prejudice of the generallity foirsaid to proceid in the mater criminall betuixt the laird of Clackemanane and Gavyne Mershell, and ordeanes the justice to acquant the parliament before ony interloquitor or sentance in this particulare.