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Virginia Law Of Interest And Usury, John W. Edmonds Iii Jan 1975

Virginia Law Of Interest And Usury, John W. Edmonds Iii

University of Richmond Law Review

The concept of a limitation upon the charges that may be imposed for the hire of money is hardly modem. Although it may not be the oldest usury law, a reference to Deuteronomy should suffice: "Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shall not lend upon usury."


Preferential Land Assessment In Virginia, Eric E. Adamson Jan 1975

Preferential Land Assessment In Virginia, Eric E. Adamson

University of Richmond Law Review

The post-World War II land boom has seen cities and many towns snake outward into the countryside, engulfing millions of acres of formerly open land and developing them into suburbs. Cities have expanded not merely in numbers of people; they have over the past several decades also swallowed up vast areas of heretofore rural and farm land as city dwellers have fled to the suburbs.