These colonial laws brought the forests under the centralized sovereignty of the state.

The case revolved around title to fourteen slaves who were in Antigua, and involved a number of technical points as to colonial law.

You all know colonial law on homicide.

Yes, you could find a precedent in colonial law for almost any-thing.

More generally, colonial criminal law made little allowance for variations in caste status.

Intermarriage with Whites was uncommon, due to colonial anti-miscegenation laws in place.

But many colonial laws still on the books for offenses like sedition themselves fall far below the current international standards for civil liberties.

This new law was passed as the old, colonial laws were considered no longer applicable.

In the early 19th century, however, colonial laws severely restricted these and other dances, which were considered immoral.

Gus says there's precedent in colonial law for this sort of thing.