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 ...1819 - Law |
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... Majesty's reign , and in the year of our Lord , 1738 . Wm . Gooch , esq . Govern- or . CHAP . 1 . An Act for further continuing and amending the Act , For amending the Staple of Tobacco ; and for pre- venting frauds in his Majesty's ...
... Majesty's reign , and in the year of our Lord , 1738 . Wm . Gooch , esq . Govern- or . CHAP . 1 . An Act for further continuing and amending the Act , For amending the Staple of Tobacco ; and for pre- venting frauds in his Majesty's ...
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... majesty's quit - rents , or of any public , county or parish levies , or of any offi- cers fees . commend . IV . Provided also , That if any county court shall County fail to nominate and recommend , as aforesaid , the go- courts fail ...
... majesty's quit - rents , or of any public , county or parish levies , or of any offi- cers fees . commend . IV . Provided also , That if any county court shall County fail to nominate and recommend , as aforesaid , the go- courts fail ...
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... Majesty's Customs ; and the three other subsequent acts , For ex- plaining , amending , and continuing that Act , for so much of the same as is not repealed , or altered , shall continue in force ' till the ninth day of November , in ...
... Majesty's Customs ; and the three other subsequent acts , For ex- plaining , amending , and continuing that Act , for so much of the same as is not repealed , or altered , shall continue in force ' till the ninth day of November , in ...
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... majesty , intituled An Act , for making more effectual provision against Invasions and Insurrections , which was ... majesty's good subjects , who live in the remote coun- ties , and are summoned to serve as jury - men at the said ...
... majesty , intituled An Act , for making more effectual provision against Invasions and Insurrections , which was ... majesty's good subjects , who live in the remote coun- ties , and are summoned to serve as jury - men at the said ...
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... majesty , intituled , An Act for laying a Duty on Liquors , a duty of three pence per gallon is laid on certain li ... majesty's reign , is continued for the further term of four years , from the expiration thereof . And whereas , it ...
... majesty , intituled , An Act for laying a Duty on Liquors , a duty of three pence per gallon is laid on certain li ... majesty's reign , is continued for the further term of four years , from the expiration thereof . And whereas , it ...
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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 Belfield judgment jury justice justice of peace King levy Lieutenant-Governor majesty majesty's reign Mann Page manner ment oath offence officer 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 58 - ... 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 466 - ... and the same goods, chattels and credits and all other the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said AB, or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him...
Page 466 - ... and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased...
Page 311 - Use aforesaid, in as full and ample Manner to all Intents and Purposes, as any...
Page 465 - Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased...
Page 463 - ... 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 182 - ... any thing in this act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
Page 439 - 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 173 - ... may it therefore please your Most Excellent Majesty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that so much of the said Act...
Page 463 - And be it further enacted, that no will in writing concerning any goods or chattels, or personal estate, shall be repealed, nor shall any clause, devise or bequest therein, be altered or changed by any words, or will by word of mouth only, except the same be in the life of the testator committed to writing, and after the writing thereof read unto the testator, and allowed by him, and proved to be so done by three witnesses at the least.