No Hunting or Shooting in Other Mens Devidents, no. 21, 1639 Va. Acts 151, 151–52 (William & Mary 1924).

    "(21)
No hunting or shooting in other Mens Devidents.

    Whereas the rights and interests of the Inhabitants are very much in [?] by hunting and shooting of divers men upon their neighbours lands and devidents Contrary to the privilidges granted unto them by their pattents whereby many injuries do daily happen to the great damage of the owners of the land whereon such hunting and shooting is used. It is therefore enacted that if any planter or person shall hunt or shoot upon or within the precincts or Limitts of his neighbours or any other Devident without leave first obtained for his so doing and having been warned by the owner of the land to forbear hunting and shooting as aforesd he or they so offending shall forfite for every such offence forty shillings sterling the one half to the owner of the land and the other half to publick uses notwithstanding it shall and may be lawfull for any person and planter to hunt and shoot upon any devident of land [?] being planted or seated without any restraint or penalty. Provided likewise that the Limitts of every Devident be bounded with certain and noted marckes. Provided also that it shall be lawfull for any person having shott a deer or other game without the Limitts of any mans land to pursue the sd deer or other game into the Devident of another man, and freely to carry away the sd deer or other game without any trespass against the owner or proprietor of the sd land or without incurring the penalty of this Act."