Virginia Code 64.2-547: Revival of judgment by administrator de bonis non.
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If an action is pending or a judgment has been rendered in the Commonwealth in favor of a personal representative upon a contract made during or for a cause of action that accrued in the lifetime of the decedent, the administrator de bonis non of the decedent may petition for execution upon such judgment, or to revive the pending action if the personal representative who brought the action could have maintained the same.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 64.2-547
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Personal representative: includes the executor under a will or the administrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with the will annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former representative, whether there is a will or not, any person who is under the order of a circuit court to take into his possession the estate of a decedent for administration, and every other curator of a decedent's estate, for or against whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or against the decedent. See Virginia Code 64.2-100
Code 1950, § 64-158; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-168; 2012, c. 614.