<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2008-11-02</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080823.pdcc.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B02493">
<STC T="W">c7129</STC>
<BIBNO T="oclc">52528785</BIBNO>
<VID>178751</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="ordinance of the Protectorate">
<PB REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 16 -->
<HEAD><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>blazon of the Protectorate</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></HEAD>
<HEAD>An <HI>ORDINANCE</HI> for Erecting COURTS BARON in SCOTLAND.</HEAD>
<P>_BE it Declared, E&s;tabli&s;hed, and Ordained by his Highne&s;s the <HI>Lord Protector,</HI> by and with the advice &amp; con&s;ent of his Council, That in every place or circuit of Land which really is, or hath commonly been called, known or reputed to be a Mannor, within the Nation of <HI>Scotland,</HI> there &s;hall be one Court, which &s;hall be in the Nature of a Court Baron, or Court of a Mannor here in <HI>England,</HI> to be holden every three weeks; which Court &s;hall have power, order, and juri&s;diction of all Contracts, debts, promi&s;es, and Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, what&s;oever ari&s;|ing within the &s;aid Mannor, or precincts thereof; Provided that the Matter in demand exceed not the value of fourty &s;hillings &s;terling, and that in any &s;uch action of Tre&s;pa&s;s, the Freehold or Title of the Land be not drawn into que&s;tion; And it is further declared and Ordained, That every the &s;aid Court Baron &s;hall be held in manner following, That is to &s;ay, the &s;tyle of the Court &s;hall be, The <UNCLEAR>Court</UNCLEAR> of <HI>A. B.</HI> held the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1+ letters"> day of one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> by <HI>K.D.C.</HI> <UNCLEAR>Sutors</UNCLEAR> of the &s;aid Court and the homage or Sutors to be named in the entry, then after three <HI>O yes</HI> made, the Sutors, or their Clerk, or Steward &s;hall &s;ay, If any will be a&s;&s;oigned, or enter any plaint, let them come in and they &s;hall be heard, then the lury are to be impanelled and &s;worn, and then a &s;hort charge is to be given concerning the &s;everall matters and things to be done there, and after pre&s;entment and enquiry made, the Sutors &s;hall proceed in the &s;everall matters pre&s;ented, and give order and Relief, as the Ca&s;e &s;hall require and make execution by attachment upon the goods of the party within that Mannor.</P>
<P>And it is here by further declared and ordained, That the Sutors in every the &s;aid Court Baron may from time to time, as there &s;hall be occa&s;ion, make by-laws for the publick VVeal, Rule and Government of the per&s;ons within &s;uch Mannor, and all and every &s;uch by-law &s;hall be binding to every party within the Mannor; And the &s;aid Sutors &s;hall have power and authority to amerce &s;uch per&s;ons as infringe any of the &s;aid by-laws, and may give VVarrant to the Bayliff of the Mannor to di&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;uc<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> amercement by attachment upon the goods of the party offending. Provided that &s;uch by-laws <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">e not extended to bind the Inheritance of any per&s;on who is not party to the &s;ame and agrees not thereunto.</P>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="license">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> Aprill, 12. 1654.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, and his Councill, that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Councill.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>Printed at <HI>London,</HI> and re-printed <HI>at Leith,</HI> 1654.</P>
</DIV1>
</BACK>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
