The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 : Published Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Passed on the Fifth Day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight ...Samuel Pleasants, junior, printer to the commonwealth, 1819 - Law |
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... colony , pursuant to the laws in that behalf made ; such court shall have full power , and are hereby authorized to enquire , by all such ways and means as they shall think necessary , whether such per- son has been convicted in Great ...
... colony , pursuant to the laws in that behalf made ; such court shall have full power , and are hereby authorized to enquire , by all such ways and means as they shall think necessary , whether such per- son has been convicted in Great ...
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... colony ; in such the naval of case , the buyers and purchasers of any slave and slaves ficer . so imported , shall pay the duty aforesaid , to the naval officer of the district where the ship or vessel , in which such slave shall be ...
... colony ; in such the naval of case , the buyers and purchasers of any slave and slaves ficer . so imported , shall pay the duty aforesaid , to the naval officer of the district where the ship or vessel , in which such slave shall be ...
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... colony , for the time being , and all county court clerks , sherifs , coroners , constables , and surveyors , re- spectively , to demand , receive , and take , the several fees herein after mentioned and allowed , for any busi- ness by ...
... colony , for the time being , and all county court clerks , sherifs , coroners , constables , and surveyors , re- spectively , to demand , receive , and take , the several fees herein after mentioned and allowed , for any busi- ness by ...
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... colony , such license shall be granted by the court of the county where his habitation or usual place of re- sidence is : And if he be an inhabitant of another coun- try , such license shall be granted by the court of that County into ...
... colony , such license shall be granted by the court of the county where his habitation or usual place of re- sidence is : And if he be an inhabitant of another coun- try , such license shall be granted by the court of that County into ...
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... colony . And in case such person , after conviction , shall refuse or de- lay to make present paiment of the said penalty and costs , either in money , or goods , to the value , in the judgment of the justice before whom the conviction ...
... colony . And in case such person , after conviction , shall refuse or de- lay to make present paiment of the said penalty and costs , either in money , or goods , to the value , in the judgment of the justice before whom the conviction ...
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acres of land act of Assembly appointed authority afore authority aforesaid bond Burgesses cause certificate CHAP clerk collector colony copy costs Coun Council county court court of record deed defendant directed dominion duty execution executors fee simple fee tail feme covert fieri facias forfeit and pay further enacted George Eskridge governor hath heirs and successors hereafter hereby enacted hereby impowered hogshead hundred acres hundred pounds inhabitants inspectors intituled Jethro Sumner John John Belfield judgment jury justice justice of peace King levy Lieutenant-Governor majesty majesty's reign Mann Page manner ment oath offence owner paid paiment parcel parish party peace penalty pence person or persons persons whatsoever plaintiff pounds of tobacco present General Assembly Provided purchase quit-rents recovered repealed river seised sembly sheriff shillings slaves suit summoned testator thereof thereupon thousand seven hundred tion tithables town tract twenty vestry warehouses whereas William writ
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Page 64 - ... the oaths appointed by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of our late royal father, to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy...
Page 443 - Representatives of the people so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, 'and ordain laws, statutes, and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our said colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England...
Page 443 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 469 - The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, and credits of the deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular, the real estate, goods chattels, and credits, of the said deceased...
Page 314 - ... an act, made in the first year of the reign of king William and queen Mary, intituled, An Act for exempting their Majesties' Protestant Subjects, dissenting from the Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 434 - ... the one half of the said forfeiture to be paid to the treasurer of the state, for the use of the state, and the other half to...
Page 467 - ... were present at the making thereof; nor unless it be proved that the testator, at the time of pronouncing the same, did bid the persons present or some of them, bear witness that such was his will or to that effect...
Page 466 - ... or unless the same be altered by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing of the devisor, signed in the presence of three or four witnesses declaring the same; any former law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 240 - ... the sum of five pounds, to be levied by distress and sale of his and their goods, by warrant of any two justices of the peace, where such waggoner or carrier shall reside, in manner aforesaid, to the use of the party grieved.
Page 236 - Warrants under the Hands and Seals of such Justices, together with the reasonable Costs of such Distress and Sale ; and in case it shall appear to the Satisfaction of such Justices...