Vatican Archives Register 6, fol. 72r (Innocent III's Sixth Pontifical Year)

[4 Comp. 2.6.3  (X 2.19.11)]

Et omnia sic conscripta partibus tribuantur ita, quod originalia penes scriptores remaneant, ut, si super processu iudicis fuerit suborta contentio, per hoc possit veritas declarari, quatenus hoc adhibito moderamine sic honestis et discretis deferatur iudicibus, quod per improvidos et iniquos innocentium iustitia non laedatur.

Everything thus written down shall be given to the parties in question, but the originals shall remain with the scribes, so that if a dispute arises over how the judge conducted the case, the truth can be established from the originals.  Consequently deference will be given to honest and prudent judges so that dishonest and wicked judges will not harm the justice of the innocent.