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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Virginia.
Uniform title:	Complete collection of all the laws of Virginia now in force
Imprint:	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]
Description:	1 online resource (6 unnumbered pages, 148, 145-300 pages, 22 unnumbered pages)
Language:	English
Series:	LLMC-digital (Series)
Subject:	Law -- Virginia -- Early works to 1800. Law. Politics and government. Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Early works to 1800. Virginia -- Politics and government -- To 1775. Virginia. Early works. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11614009

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Complete collection of all the laws of Virginia now in force Complete collection of the lavvs of Virginia at a grand assembly held at James City 23 March 1662
Other authors / contributors:	Purvis, John, Captain.
Notes:	Compiled by Capt. John Purvis and printed between 1684 and 1687. See Virginia State Library. Department of Bibliography. A trial bibliography of colonial Virginia, 1908-1910. Wing (2nd ed., 1994) V636 Online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed April 5, 2018).
Summary:	Law entitled "Complete collection of the Laws of Virginia now in force and carefully copied from the Assembly records," along with a alphabetical subject matter index. This record of laws was printed in London in 1684, and contained a dedication to the governor, Lord Howard, by the collector, identified by the initial, F.P. (Purvis) Of note, a law beginning on page 282 indicated that Negroes, Moors, and Mulattoes who were born heathens or Muslim, may be obtained as slaves from their country of origin by some "well disposed Christian," who might thereafter convert them. However, they are still slaves, although they could be altered to indentured servants for a term of years, similar to other Christians.
Other form:	Print version: Virginia. Laws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1684). Complete collection of all the lavvs of Virginia now in force. London : Printed by T.J. for J.P. and are to be sold by Tho. Mercer ..., [1684]

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