Virginia. High Court of Chancery

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Dates:
Active 1781
Active 1784

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The High Court of Chancery was created by an act passed during the October 1777 session of the General Assembly. The new court took over the chancery suits then pending in the General Court and assumed jurisdiction over all chancery cases brought before it by original process, by appeal from a lower court, or by any other legal means. Appeals from the High Court of Chancery were made to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The High Court of Chancery could ask the General Court to certify an opinion on a matter of law.

The court met at the state capitol and had jurisdiction over the entire state. On 23 January 1802 the General Assembly passed an act that abolished the High Court of Chancery and replaced it with the Superior Courts of Chancery, which took over the cases then pending before the High Court. The records of cases completed by 1802 were destroyed in the Richmond evacuation fire of 3 April 1865.

From the description of High Court of Chancery pay vouchers, 1781, 1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122646715

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  • Clerks of court
  • Courts

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  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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