Section 1 Writs given in to be registered in the books of council and session not to be given out.

No writ that shall have been given in to be registered in the books of council and session shall be taken out by the party or any one employed by him, nor shall any such writ be given up by the keepers of the register for any purpose at any time, either before or after the same has been booked, excepting only when authority of the lords of council and session has been expressly given thereto, and then only under such conditions and limitations as may be expressed in such authority, anything in the said recited Act or in any other Act or any law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.