An abridgement of the publick laws of Virginia, in force and use, June 10, 1720 : to which is added, for the ease of the justices and military officers, &c. precedents of all matters to be issued by them, peculiar to those laws and varying from the precedents in England.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virginia.

Contributor:

Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673-1722.

Beverley, William, 1696-1756.

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Virginia.

Law.

Business.

Virginia.

Business--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 184 pages, 16 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for F. Fayram and J. Clarke at the Royal-Exchange : And T. Bickerton in Pater-Noster Row, 1722.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed April 10, 2018).

Some copies have "by William Beverley" in manuscript on title page.

Authorship uncertain. Traditionally attributed to Robert Beverley. See. Virginia magazine of history and biography, volume 36, 1928, page 344. Jefferson wrote "by Colõ William Beverley" in his copy of the 2nd edition. See. U.S. Library of Congress. Catalog of the library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952-59, no. 1870.

Includes "An alphabet to the laws" and "Table of the precedents" (15 unnumbered pages at end).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T150425

Other Format:

Print version: Abridgement of the publick laws of Virginia, in force and use, June 10, 1720.

OCLC:

728287526

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.