Sentence:  It was answered by the Sheriff. 1st, That the Act of Sederunt did not impose any positive injunction on Sheriffs to strike <WSD>Fiars</WSD>; that if the <WSD>Fiars</WSD> were substantially just, the Court could have no power to reduce them; and that the Act of Sederunt had never been observed in East Lothian;.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis.