Note 135 — Chapter XVII · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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Act of Feb. 17, 1827: Acts of the Gen. Assembly (1826-27), 21, 22. The same act is repeated in Supp. to Rev. Code (1833), 222, 223. The law of 1827 appears to be the first legislation of Virginia on the subject of divorce, although "lawful divorce"—meaning doubtless that of the legislature—is incidentally mentioned in the act of 1792: Acts (1794), 205. The act of 1827 provides in all cases for an appeal to the court of appeals, but, apparently, not in divorces granted by the assembly.