An abridgement of the publick laws of Virginia, in force and use, June 10, 1720.
Subtitle: 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.
Contributors: Beverley, Robert, ca. 1673-1722.; Beverley, William, 1696-1756.
Publisher: F. Fayram and J. Clark
Published: 1722
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Law -- Virginia (Colony); Forms (Law) -- Virginia (Colony)
Notes: L.C. copy imperfect: p. 101-102 and p. [11-16] (2d group) wanting. Title page and p. 75-76 damaged.
Traditionally attributed to Robert Beverley. Cf. Virginia mag. of hist. and biog., v. 36, 1928, p. 344. Jefferson wrote "by Colõ William Beverley" in his copy of the 2d ed. Cf. U.S. Library of Congress. Cat. of the library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952-59, no. 1870.