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 ...1823 - Law |
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... court , and by having copies deposited in the clerk's office for the inspection of all those who wished to consult them.f Besides , as every plantation or settlement was entitled to as many represen- tatives as the inhabitants thought ...
... court , and by having copies deposited in the clerk's office for the inspection of all those who wished to consult them.f Besides , as every plantation or settlement was entitled to as many represen- tatives as the inhabitants thought ...
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... court of Accomack held that it was the law of the land , and equally re- stricted the right of making slaves of Indians , with the act of 1705.0 Since then two other manuscripts , containing the same law , as pass- ed in 1691 , have ...
... court of Accomack held that it was the law of the land , and equally re- stricted the right of making slaves of Indians , with the act of 1705.0 Since then two other manuscripts , containing the same law , as pass- ed in 1691 , have ...
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... courts succeeded to commanders of plantations , with the like jurisdiction in civil cases ; which was afterwards extended to five pounds sterling . The jurisdiction of the court was further extended to sixteen hundred pounds of tobacco ...
... courts succeeded to commanders of plantations , with the like jurisdiction in civil cases ; which was afterwards extended to five pounds sterling . The jurisdiction of the court was further extended to sixteen hundred pounds of tobacco ...
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... court ; h the inhabitants of Appamattock for Bristol parish , were also authorised to hold courts , with the right of appeal to Henrico or Charles City county courts . Two courts were permitted to be held in Northampton ; k two in Isle ...
... court ; h the inhabitants of Appamattock for Bristol parish , were also authorised to hold courts , with the right of appeal to Henrico or Charles City county courts . Two courts were permitted to be held in Northampton ; k two in Isle ...
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... courts , and commissioned by the governor and council , e and finally their appointment was confirmed by the assembly.d During the same period the county courts recom- mended three or more to the governor and council , out of which they ...
... courts , and commissioned by the governor and council , e and finally their appointment was confirmed by the assembly.d During the same period the county courts recom- mended three or more to the governor and council , out of which they ...
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Page 41 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Page 45 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Page 23 - States in congress assembled ; and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 38 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 44 - ... armed and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such state, unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot be safely spared out of the same, in which case they shall raise officer, cloath, arm and equip as many of such extra number as they judge can. be safely spared.
Page 25 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 42 - ... shall proceed to nominate three persons out of each state, and the secretary of congress shall strike in behalf of such party absent or refusing; and the judgment and sentence of the court to be appointed, in the manner before prescribed, shall be final and conclusive...
Page 25 - ... appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 42 - ... be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy, so always as a major part of the judges, who shall hear the cause, shall agree in the determination...
Page 47 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, •with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.