§ 8.01-131 Action of ejectment retained; when and by whom brought.
§ 8.01-132 What interest and right plaintiff must have.
§ 8.01-133 Who shall be defendants; when and how landlord may defend.
§ 8.01-134 How action commenced and prosecuted.
§ 8.01-135 What is to be stated in motion for judgment.
§ 8.01-136 How premises described.
§ 8.01-137 Plaintiff to state how he claims.
§ 8.01-138 There may be several counts and several plaintiffs.
§ 8.01-139 What proof by plaintiff is sufficient.
§ 8.01-140 Effect of reservation in deed; burden of proof.
§ 8.01-141 When action by cotenants, etc., against cotenants, what plaintiff to prove.
§ 8.01-142 Verdict when action against several defendants.
§ 8.01-143 When there may be several judgments against defendants.
§ 8.01-144 Recovery of part of premises claimed.
§ 8.01-145 When possession of part not possession of whole.
§ 8.01-146 When vendee, etc., entitled to conveyance of legal title, vendor cannot recover.
§ 8.01-147 When mortgagee or trustee not to recover.
§ 8.01-148 Right of defendant to resort to equity not affected.
§ 8.01-149 Verdict when jury finds for plaintiffs or any of them.
§ 8.01-150 Verdict when any plaintiff has no right.
§ 8.01-151 How verdict to specify premises recovered.
§ 8.01-152 How verdict to specify undivided interest or share.
§ 8.01-153 Verdict to specify estate of plaintiff.
§ 8.01-154 When right of plaintiff expires before trial, what judgment entered.
§ 8.01-155 How judgment for plaintiff entered.
§ 8.01-156 Authority of sheriffs, etc., to store and sell personal property removed from premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale.
§ 8.01-157 Repealed.
§ 8.01-158 How claim of plaintiff for profits and damages assessed.
§ 8.01-159 When court to assess damages.
§ 8.01-160 Defendant to give notice of claim for improvements.
§ 8.01-161 How allowed.
§ 8.01-162 Postponement of assessment and allowance.
§ 8.01-163 Judgment to be conclusive.
§ 8.01-164 Recovery of mesne profits, etc., not affected.
§ 8.01-165 Writ of right, etc., abolished.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 8.01 > Chapter 3 > Article 14 - Ejectment.

  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appliance: means a permanent or removable device used in a plan of dental care, including crowns, fillings, bridges, braces, dentures, orthodontic aligners, and sleep apnea devices. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Board: means the Board of Dentistry. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Board: means the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. See Virginia Code 54.1-2600
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dental hygiene: means duties related to patient assessment and the rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services specified in regulations of the Board and not otherwise restricted to the practice of dentistry. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Dental hygienist: means a person who is licensed by the Board to practice dental hygiene. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Dentist: means a person who has been awarded a degree in and is licensed by the Board to practice dentistry. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Dentistry: means the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, through surgical, nonsurgical, or related procedures, of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity and the maxillofacial, adjacent, and associated structures and their impact on the human body. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Digital scan: means digital technology that creates a computer-generated replica of the hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity using enhanced digital photography. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Digital scan technician: means a person who has completed a training program approved by the Board to take digital scans of intraoral and extraoral hard and soft tissues for use in teledentistry. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • License: means the document issued to an applicant upon completion of requirements for admission to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the Commonwealth or upon registration for renewal of license to continue the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • License to practice dentistry: means any license to practice dentistry issued by the Board. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Maxillofacial: means pertaining to the jaws and face, particularly with reference to specialized surgery of this region. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgeon: means a person who has successfully completed an oral and maxillofacial residency program, approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, and who holds a valid license from the Board. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • 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

  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Sheriff: shall include deputy sheriffs and such other persons designated in § Virginia Code 8.01-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Store-and-forward technologies: means the technologies that allow for the electronic transmission of dental and health information, including images, photographs, documents, and health histories, through a secure communication system. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Teledentistry: means the delivery of dentistry between a patient and a dentist who holds a license to practice dentistry issued by the Board through the use of telehealth systems and electronic technologies or media, including interactive, two-way audio or video. See Virginia Code 54.1-2700
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.