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 ...

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Page 311 - Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting ; We have inspected the Charter of Lady Elizabeth, late Queen of England, &c.
Page 383 - ... beyond the seas, that then such person or persons shall be at liberty to bring the same actions, so as they take the same •within such times as are before limited, after their coming to or being of full age, discovert, of sane memory, at large, and returned from beyond the seas, as other persons having no such impediment should have done (6).
Page 505 - further Security of His Majesty's Person and Govern"ment and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of "the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for ex"tinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales "and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 360 - subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of
Page 382 - ... all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 382 - ... shall be commenced and sued within the time and limitation hereafter expressed, and not after ; (that is to say,) The said actions upon the case, (other than for slander ;) and the said actions for...
Page 372 - ... who shall have any estate by the settlement of the intestate, or shall be advanced by the intestate in his lifetime, by portion or portions equal to the share which shall by such distribution be allotted to the other children to whom such distribution is to be made...
Page 304 - Be it enacted, by the governor, council and burgesses of this present general assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same...
Page 288 - 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 372 - ... by portion not equal to the share which will be due to the other children by such distribution as aforesaid, then so much of the surplusage of the estate of such intestate...

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