A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of a Public and Permanent Nature, as are Now in ForceSamuel Pleasants, Jun., and Henry Pace, 1803 |
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... Defendant in the fame action , plead any manner of recovery by action popular , in bar of the faid action , or that he before that time barred any Plaintiff in any fuch action popu- lar , then the Plaintiff in the action taken with good ...
... Defendant in the fame action , plead any manner of recovery by action popular , in bar of the faid action , or that he before that time barred any Plaintiff in any fuch action popu- lar , then the Plaintiff in the action taken with good ...
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... defendant to file fuch bill , and if he fails to do fo within one calendar month after fuch rule , the fuit may be ... defendant's dimiffing the fame for want of profecution , the complainant thail pay cofts , to be taxed by the Clerk of ...
... defendant to file fuch bill , and if he fails to do fo within one calendar month after fuch rule , the fuit may be ... defendant's dimiffing the fame for want of profecution , the complainant thail pay cofts , to be taxed by the Clerk of ...
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... defendant may fwear to his anfwer before any Judge of this or of the General Court , or any Juftice of the Peace . b XXVIII . IF the defendant does not file his anfwer within three months af- ter the plaintiff fhall have filed his bill ...
... defendant may fwear to his anfwer before any Judge of this or of the General Court , or any Juftice of the Peace . b XXVIII . IF the defendant does not file his anfwer within three months af- ter the plaintiff fhall have filed his bill ...
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... defendant fhall anfwer within two calendar months after , but if adjudged good , the defendant shall have his cofts . a XLIV . IF any defendant , after a demurrer hall have been over - ruled , shall refufe to anfwer , the bill fhall be ...
... defendant fhall anfwer within two calendar months after , but if adjudged good , the defendant shall have his cofts . a XLIV . IF any defendant , after a demurrer hall have been over - ruled , shall refufe to anfwer , the bill fhall be ...
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... defendant or defendants shall be in cuftody upon any pro- cefs of contempt , and be brought into Court by virtue of a writ of Habeas Cor- pus , or other procefs , and shall refufe or neglect to enter his or her appearance according to ...
... defendant or defendants shall be in cuftody upon any pro- cefs of contempt , and be brought into Court by virtue of a writ of Habeas Cor- pus , or other procefs , and shall refufe or neglect to enter his or her appearance according to ...
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adminiftrators Affembly aforefaid againſt alfo appointed authoriſed bail battalion benefit of clergy bond cafe caufe cents certificate CHAP clerk cofts commiffion Commonwealth corporation courts county courts County or Corporation Court fhall court of chancery court of record debt debtor Defendant detinue directed District Court dollars duty eftate execution executors expenfes faid Court fale fame manner fecurity fees femes covert ferved fervices feven feveral fieri facias flaves fome forfeit and pay ftate fubject fuch Court fuch perfon fufficient fuit fummoned further enacted furvey granted hath hereafter high court houfe hundred iffue infpection infpectors intituled Judges judgment juftice Jury lands mafter militia mulatto neceffary oath otherwife Overfeers owner paffing thereof paid party Penalty perfon fhall perfon fo perfon or perfons Plaintiff prefent prifoner procefs profecuted purpoſe recovered refide refpectively refufe Regifter ſhall Sheriff ſuch taxes thall therein thofe tobacco veffel warehouſe writ
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Page 27 - Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion...
Page 27 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 27 - ... offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his...
Page 27 - ... yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present, or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.
Page 352 - That all murder, which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree ; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder in the second degree...
Page 39 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 27 - ... the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical who being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible...