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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... taken , were also published . This was essential , not only to a correct exposition of the public laws , by being enabled to trace the reasons , on which they were found- ed , but for the quieting of private rights , and the ...
... taken , were also published . This was essential , not only to a correct exposition of the public laws , by being enabled to trace the reasons , on which they were found- ed , but for the quieting of private rights , and the ...
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... authority in the courts of this Commonwealth , as the originals from which they are taken . 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof . AT A General Assembly , SUMMONED TO BE HELD AT.
... authority in the courts of this Commonwealth , as the originals from which they are taken . 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof . AT A General Assembly , SUMMONED TO BE HELD AT.
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... taken by any manner of distress , attach- ment , or writ of execution . And that every distress , seisure , or execution , made or served upon any of the Other de- premises , be unlawful and void : And NOVEMBER 1738-12th GEORGE II . 21.
... taken by any manner of distress , attach- ment , or writ of execution . And that every distress , seisure , or execution , made or served upon any of the Other de- premises , be unlawful and void : And NOVEMBER 1738-12th GEORGE II . 21.
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... taken by der , or executes any such commission , in the court of commission his county , take the oaths appointed by law to be taken , officers . instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy , the abjuration oath , and subscribe the ...
... taken by der , or executes any such commission , in the court of commission his county , take the oaths appointed by law to be taken , officers . instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy , the abjuration oath , and subscribe the ...
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... taken the body of the debtor in execution , although sufficient distress for such levies might have been had ; to the great oppression , damage , and loss of many of his ma- jesty's good subjects : For remedy of which abuses , for the ...
... taken the body of the debtor in execution , although sufficient distress for such levies might have been had ; to the great oppression , damage , and loss of many of his ma- jesty's good subjects : For remedy of which abuses , for the ...
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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...