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former_o observe_v that_o they_o be_v in_o use_n to_o regulate_v the_o mint_n also_o 29._o vid._n observe_v on_o act_n 13_o par._n 18_o ja._n 6._o though_o by_o this_o act_n the_o clangrigor_n be_v abolish_v and_o they_o ordain_v to_o alter_v their_o surname_n 30._o because_o of_o their_o bangstry_n yet_o because_o of_o their_o good_a service_n do_v to_o his_o majesty_n during_o the_o late_a rebellion_n they_o be_v restore_v in_o anno_fw-la 1661._o it_o have_v be_v always_o believe_v that_o no_o clan_n or_o family_n can_v change_v its_o surname_n in_o scotland_n without_o express_a act_n of_o parliament_n or_o act_n of_o council_n for_o that_o may_v occasion_v great_a confusion_n and_o may_v be_v a_o ground_n of_o cheat_v the_o people_n in_o their_o evident_n and_o security_n but_o any_o private_a man_n may_v as_o we_o see_v daily_o in_o taily_n and_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o because_o the_o parliament_n only_o can_v force_v man_n to_o change_v their_o surname_n that_o 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the_o dissolution_n be_v declare_v null_n by_o the_o 236_o act_n 15_o par._n ja._n 6._o this_o be_v so_o decide_v february_n 25._o 1669._o the_o king_n advocate_n contra_fw-la the_o earl_n of_o mortoun_n and_o by_o the_o 13_o act_n 2_o par._n ch._n 2._o that_o decreet_a bear_v this_o interpretation_n of_o all_o former_a annexation_n be_v ratify_v and_o it_o be_v appoint_v that_o orknay_n shall_v not_o be_v dissolve_v without_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o whole_a parliament_n and_o for_o great_a and_o weighty_a cause_n relate_v to_o the_o public_a interest_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n to_o be_v consider_v before_o the_o disposition_n lest_o by_o a_o previous_a disposition_n the_o parliament_n shall_v be_v pre-determined_n in_o their_o deliberation_n and_o therefore_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o where_o there_o be_v a_o disposition_n grant_v before_o dissolution_n not_o only_o be_v that_o dissolution_n null_n as_o be_v filius_fw-la ante_fw-la patrem_fw-la so_o that_o it_o can_v not_o 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administration_n of_o justice_n according_a to_o the_o practic_n and_o injunction_n the_o observation_n of_o the_o decreet_a arbitral_n and_o article_n by_o which_o it_o be_v rule_v subscrive_v by_o arbiter_n and_o overs-man_n which_o be_v not_o extant_a there_o be_v no_o penalty_n adject_v neither_o be_v the_o commissar_n subscrive_v the_o commissar_n and_o many_o of_o the_o bishop_n be_v dead_a who_o be_v alive_a the_o time_n of_o the_o decreet_a arbitral_n the_o bishop_n especial_o the_o succeed_a bishop_n refuse_v to_o pay_v the_o salary_n to_o the_o succeed_a commissar_n whereupon_o they_o pursue_v john_n than_o archbishop_n of_o saint_n andrews_n who_o the_o time_n of_o the_o decreet_a and_o contract_n be_v archbishop_n of_o glasgow_n and_o james_n archbishop_n of_o glasgow_n who_o then_o be_v bishop_n of_o orknay_n as_o the_o only_a two_o alive_a who_o be_v burden-taker_n by_o the_o submission_n for_o the_o rest_n and_o decreet_a follow_v february_n 12._o 1630._o against_o the_o archbishop_n of_o
prelate_n that_o be_v to_o say_v their_o council_n of_o which_o the_o dean_n or_o decanus_n be_v the_o head_n under_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o civil_a law_n decanus_fw-la erat_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la defunctorum_fw-la lectos_fw-la seu_fw-la feretrum_fw-la gestabant_fw-la vid._n tit._n de_fw-fr decanis_n lib._n 12._o cod._n tit_n 17._o but_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n decanus_n come_v from_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o the_o dean_n proceed_v over_o ten_o canon_n or_o prebend_n and_o their_o decani_fw-la especial_o in_o the_o cathedral_n church_n succeed_v in_o place_n of_o the_o archipresbyter_n and_o therefore_o these_o two_o be_v take_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n cap._n ad_fw-la haec_fw-la 7._o do_v off_o archid_n vide_fw-la bengeum_fw-la de_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la pag._n 29._o and_o with_o we_o dean_n be_v create_v by_o the_o king_n he_o be_v only_a patron_n of_o that_o benefice_n the_o chapter_n be_v call_v capitulum_n by_o the_o canon_n law_n 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a_o instrument_n of_o resignation_n of_o a_o benefice_n be_v find_v sufficient_a though_o some_o of_o the_o convent_n subscrive_v not_o before_o the_o date_n of_o the_o instrument_n november_n 16._o 1624._o provide_v alwise_o that_o none_o of_o their_o subscription_n be_v obtain_v after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o grant_a for_o than_o they_o can_v be_v say_v to_o consent_v see_v they_o be_v not_o all_o alive_a together_o from_o which_o it_o follow_v likewise_o that_o the_o alienation_n be_v not_o valid_a if_o any_o of_o the_o convent_n or_o subscriver_n be_v dead_a before_o the_o rest_n subscrive_v where_o many_o subscrive_v separat_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o last_o be_v draw_v back_o to_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o first_o craig_n pag._n 91._o and_o albeit_o craig_n be_v clear_a that_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o chapter_n be_v requisite_a tam_fw-la in_o renovatione_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o alienatione_fw-la feudi_fw-la yet_o by_o this_o act_n it_o be_v for_o the_o vassal_n case_v 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of_o parliament_n must_v be_v a_o complete_a 395._o not_o a_o inchoat_fw-la diligence_n for_o else_o it_o will_v run_v not_o for_o three_o year_n as_o it_o be_v design_v but_o for_o forty_o albeit_o by_o the_o 10._o act_n par._n 1._o ch._n 1._o it_o be_v declare_v that_o all_o right_n and_o deed_n make_v prior_n to_o that_o act_n 402._o which_o may_v prejudge_v his_o majesty_n as_o to_o the_o superiority_n and_o feu-farm_n of_o kirk-land_n shall_v be_v null_a yet_o to_o elude_v that_o act_n there_o be_v commission_n procure_v from_o the_o king_n to_o serve_v the_o king_n vassal_n in_o kirk-land_n heir_n and_o to_o receive_v resignation_n etc._n etc._n with_o right_a to_o apply_v the_o composition_n and_o casualty_n to_o their_o own_o behoof_n as_o also_o they_o procure_v long_a tack_n both_o of_o the_o feu-duty_n and_o casualty_n of_o the_o superiority_n for_o payment_n of_o inconsiderable_a tack-duty_n to_o furnish_v a_o pretext_n that_o the_o king_n be_v still_o keep_v in_o 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