The article examines parliamentary statutes of personal rule of James I (1406-1437), James II (1437-1460) and James III (1460-1488). Parliamentary legislation of the 15th century tries to cover various spheres and aspects of social life. Reflection on the conflicts between the monarch and the elites was not an exception in this respect. The content of parliamentary decisions, no doubt, depended on the political context, but the used language was based on the existing legal tradition. Thus, a study of the results of the work of the Scottish assembly of estates, expressed in the statutes, and the rhetoric of the same acts allow us to trace the use and refraction of existing norms towards the political context.