Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia

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colonial government office legal office public office

The Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia was the chief legal officer and principal law enforcement authority representing the British Crown in Virginia’s colonial government.

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Label	Occurrences
Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial government office ⓘ legal office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia
appliesToPeriod	colonial era of Virginia ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown ⓘ royal governor of Virginia ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endCause	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the colonial government ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Crown prosecutors in the Colony of Virginia ⓘ legal proceedings involving the Crown in colonial courts ⓘ
hasDuty	defend royal prerogatives in the colony ⓘ draft and review colonial legislation for legality ⓘ oversee law enforcement in the colony ⓘ prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the Crown ⓘ protect the legal interests of the Crown in land and revenue disputes ⓘ provide legal advice to the colonial government ⓘ represent the Crown before the General Court of Virginia ⓘ represent the Crown in legal matters ⓘ supervise Crown prosecutions in colonial courts ⓘ
historicalLocation	British America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil law involving Crown interests in the Colony of Virginia ⓘ criminal law in the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder	colonial charter of Virginia ⓘ royal authority ⓘ
officeHolder	Edmund Randolph ⓘ George Wythe ⓘ John Randolph of Roanoke ⓘ surface form: John Randolph Peyton Randolph ⓘ John Randolph of Roanoke ⓘ surface form: Sir John Randolph
officeHolderRole	chief legal officer ⓘ principal law enforcement authority ⓘ
officeType	appointed office ⓘ
partOf	British America ⓘ surface form: British colonial administration in North America
positionHeldIn	Virginia colonial government ⓘ surface form: colonial government of Virginia
replacedBy	Attorney General of Virginia ⓘ
represents	British Crown ⓘ
seat	Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
subordinateTo	British Crown ⓘ Governor of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
worksIn	capital of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
worksWith	Council of State of Virginia (ex officio) ⓘ surface form: Governor's Council of Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peyton Randolph → positionHeld → Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ

Attorney General of Virginia → precededByOffice → Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ