 [ A ] ll deeds of bargain , sale , lease , release , or quitclaim , titles and conveyances whatsoever , of any lands . . . within this province . . . had , made , gotten , procured or obtained from any Indian or Indians by any person or persons whatsoever at any time [ since 1633 ] without the license or approbation of the respective general courts of the said late colonys [ or the current colony for purchases after 1701 ] shall be deemed and adjuded in the law to be null , void and of none effect . 
