1 edition of The Virginia state constitution found in the catalog.
The Virginia state constitution
John J. Dinan
Published
2011
by Oxford University Press in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.
| Statement | John Dinan |
| Series | The Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States |
| Contributions | Virginia |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | KFV2801 1970.A6 D559 2011 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xiii, 281 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 281 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL25016669M |
| ISBN 10 | 9780199778263 |
| LC Control Number | 2010054096 |
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The Commonwealth of Virginia became the eleventh state to approve the third through twelfth amendments, which became the first ten amendments to the Constitution, commonly known as the Bill of Rights.
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Bill of Rights. A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the good people of Virginia in the exercise of their sovereign powers, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.
Section 1. Equality and rights of men. ia, and in the Constitution of forty-four of the above-named counties were designated as forming the State of West Virginia, and in addition, the counties of Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan and Pendleton were to be admitted should that Constitution be adopted by a vote of the people of the districts compris-ing those counties.
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Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia, J Virginia ratified the Constitution in two steps. The first was the declaration of ratification. The second was a recommendation that a bill of rights be added to the Constitution, and that a list of amendments also be added in accordance with Article following text is taken from the Library of Congress's.Get this from a library!
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