Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals

The Supreme Court of Appeals was created by an act of the General Assembly passed during its May 1779 session. The new court's antecedent was the General Court, which after it was reestablished under the constitution of 1776, shared appellate jurisdiction while the supreme court was restricted to civil cases, but the state constitution adopted in 1851 abolished the General Court. The Supreme Court thus became the state's only court of final appeal both for civil and criminal cases. An act of the General Assembly passed on 16 March 1971 changed the name of the court to the Supreme Court of Virginia.

From the description of Supreme Court of Appeals pay vouchers, 1781, 1784-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608495

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