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Footnote
- ↑ Full title: Articles, Lawes, and Orders, Divine, Politique, and Martiall for the Colony in Virginea: first established by Sir Thomas Gates Knight, Lieutenant Generall, the 24th of May 1610. exemplified and approved by the Right Honourable Sir Thomas West Knight, Lord Lawair, Lord Governour and Captaine Generall the 12th of June 1610. Againe exemplified and enlarged by Sir Thomas Dale Knight, Marshall, and Deputie Governour, the 22nd of June. 1611. Later published by William Strachey as: For the Colony in Virginea Britannia. Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall, etc. [1]
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References
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- ↑ Tarter, Brent. "Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall". Encyclopedia Virginia . Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ↑ Miller, Elmer Isaiah (1907). The Legislature of the Province of Virginia: Its Internal Development. Columbia University (Doctorate Thesis). pp. 16–17. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
Dale's Code.
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- ↑ Konig, Thomas (1982). "'Dale's Laws' and the Non-Common Law Origins of Criminal Justice in Virginia". The American Journal of Legal History. 26 (4). Temple University: 354–375. doi:10.2307/844941. JSTOR 844941.
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