The Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery was established in 1831 and replaced in 1851 by the Circuit Court. For these cases the court sat in chancery which meant it acted as a court of equity. Equity law is a body of legal and procedural rules and doctrines which supplement or override common and statute law to protect rights and enforce duties defined or fixed by substantive law. The court usually dealt with cases which did not need a jury,...

This book may be an order book.

The Superior Court of Chancery for Fredericksburg District was one of the additional superior courts of chancery created in 1814, and it met in the city of Fredericksburg. It covered Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orange, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland counties, and the city of Fredericksburg. The Superior Court of Chancery was abolished in 1831 and...

The Superior Court of Chancery for Fredericksburg District was established in 1814. The district covered Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orange, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland counties and the city of Fredericksburg. The court was replaced in 1831 by the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery in Spotsylvania County. Land causes are actually chancery...