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4601. LEGISLATURES, Privileges.—

The members [of the General Assembly], during
the attendance on the General Assembly,
and for so long a time before and after as
shall be necessary for travelling to and from
the same, shall be privileged from all personal


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restraint and assault, and shall have no other
privilege whatsoever.—
Proposed Constitution for Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 444. Ford ed., iii, 324.
(1783)