A complete collection of all the lavvs of Virginia now in force Carefully copied from the assembly records. To which is annexed an alphabetical table.
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A complete collection of all the lavvs of Virginia now in force Carefully copied from the assembly records. To which is annexed an alphabetical table.
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London :: printed by T.J. for J.P. and are to be sold by Tho. Mercer at the sign of the Half Moon the corner shop of the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil,
[1684]
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"A complete collection of all the lavvs of Virginia now in force Carefully copied from the assembly records. To which is annexed an alphabetical table." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A65124.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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XCVIII. Servants how long to Serve.
VVHereas the Thirteenth Act 1659, doth Enact, That all persons brought as Servants into this Country, of what Christian Nation soever they be, should serve no longer than our own Nation, which is Five Years, if above Sixteen Years of Age, if under, until One and twenty, as by the Thirtieth Act of the said Assembly appears; and in regard the said Thirtieth Act doth contra∣ry to Law, look backward, and set free several Servants Aliens, purchased upon a former Act of Assembly made the Fourth of _____ _____ 1654. Be it therefore Enacted, That all Aliens and others coming in while that Act and the others are in force, shall serve according to those Acts; and that for the future, all the aforesaid Acts shall be repealed, and all Servants hereafter coming in without Indenture shall serve Five Years, if above Sixteen Years of Age, and all un∣der that Age shall serve until they be Four and twenty Years Old, that being the time limited by the Laws of England, and that the several Courts at the Request of the Master make Inspection and judge of their Age.
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All Servants coming in without In∣denture, shall serve Five years, if a∣bove Sixteen years of Age, and all under till they are Four and twenty.