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Caselaw Access Project - Virginia
The Caselaw Access Project (“CAP”) expands public access to U.S. law. The goal is to make all published U.S. court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law School Library.
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English Common Law, 18th Century Virginia
From USGenWeb Miscellaneous Information
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Google Books - Virginia Statutes
Search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state. For each book, view the book within your web browser or hover over "EBOOK - FREE" and choose the ebook option you wish to download.
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Hathi Trust Digital Library - Virginia Statutes
Catalog search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state.
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Transcriptions of Hening's Statutes at Large for Virginia, covering laws spanning 1619-1792. This website also has an alphabetical index of the people mentioned.
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Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia from the first session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619.
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Internet Archive Texts - American Libraries - Virginia Statutes
Catalog search results for digitized books on historical statutes for the state.
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Law Library of Congress - Guide to Law Online - Virginia
A directory of law resources for the state: Constitution, Executive, Judicial, Legislative, Legal Guides, General Sources.
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Library of Virginia - Legislative Petitions (Research Notes Number 18)
As the primary catalyst for legislation in the commonwealth, petitions addressed public improvements, military claims, divorce, manumission of slaves, division of counties, incorporation of towns, religious freedom, and taxation, among other concerns.
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The Federal and State Constitutions, 7 vols. | Online Library of Liberty
Francis Newton Thorpe was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to edit a 7 volume collection of Colonial, Federal and State constitutions in 1906. The volumes are in alphabetical order, with Volume 1 dealing with United States-Alabama-District of Columbia; Vol. 2 Florida-Kansas; Vol. 3 Kentucky-Massachusetts; Vol. 4 Michigan-New Hampshire; Vol. 5 New Jersey-Philippine Islands; Vol. 6 Porto Rico-Vermont; Vol. 7 Virginia-Wyoming.
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Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.
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Series by Francis Newton Thorpe. Various options for a full view of each volume.
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The Legal Genealogist - The laws of the Old Dominion
Blog by Judy G. Russell.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. _10 (1779
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. _11 (1782
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. _12 (1785
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. _13 (1789
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 1 (1619
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 2 (1660
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 3 (1684
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 4 (1711
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 5 (1738
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 6 (1748
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 7 (1756
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 8 (1764
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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The Statutes at large, Vol. 9 (1775
The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening.
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U.S. Colonial Laws: Virginia - LibGuides - Bowling Green State University
This guide lists sources of laws of the original thirteen colonies.
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"To understand the records, we have to understand the laws of the time and the place where the records were created. The laws dictated what records were kept, what information was recorded in the records and the legal purpose of the records helps determine what information is reliable as evidence."
--Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist