Virginia Code 8.01-131: Action of ejectment retained; when and by whom brought.
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A. The action of ejectment is retained, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, and to the applicable Rules of Court.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 8.01-131
- Person: shall include individuals, a trust, an estate, a partnership, an association, an order, a corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity;
6. See Virginia Code 8.01-2
- real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
B. Such action may be brought in the same cases in which a writ of right might have been brought prior to the first day of July, 1850, and by any person claiming real estate in fee or for life or for years, either as heir, devisee or purchaser, or otherwise.
Code 1950, §§ 8-796, 8-797; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.