55-5-1 Method of asserting claim
55-5-2 Valuation of improvements made by defendant before notice of title
55-5-3 Liability of defendant for annual value of premises and damages — Assessment of damages for plaintiff
55-5-4 Same — For what period defendant liable
55-5-5 Verdict for balance after damages set off against improvements; entry of judgment
55-5-6 Judgment lien
55-5-7 Reimbursement of life tenant by remainderman or reversioner
55-5-8 Exception as to mortgagees and trustees
55-5-9 Plaintiff may require his estate only to be valued — By entry on record
55-5-10 Same — How estimated
55-5-11 Same — Relinquishment of estate to defendant at value ascertained
55-5-12 Same — Same — How value paid; sale of land for failure to make payments; deficiency
55-5-13 Same — Same — Disposition of value when party under disability
55-5-14 Same — Same — Eviction of defendant; recovery of amount paid
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 55 > Article 5 - Allowance for Improvements

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • 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.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.