Suicide or attainder (§ 55-4)—Virginia Decoded

No suicide, nor attainder of felony, shall work a corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.

History

Code 1919, § 4762.

Court Decisions

. . . Shirlette L. Bowman, Rhoda M. Bowman, Mildred A. Bowman, . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 06/12/67)
. . . Board of Education, 6 Cir., 369 F.2d 55 . . .

McDaniels v. Mehfoud (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 12/30/88)
. . . Fairfield District would contain a black majority of 55.4% of the population, or 51% of the voting . . .

. . . 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 753, 15 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8012 James . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 12/28/77)
. . . Cong.Rec. 31254-57 (6 Nov. 1967); 113 Cong.Rec. 34738-55 (4 Dec. 1967). In 1972 Congress amended . . .

. . . Susan F. Scarborough, in Her Individual Capacity, and as . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/17/84)
. . . review. See, e.g., Willie M. v. Hunt, 657 F.2d 55 (4 Cir.1981); Courtaulds North American, Inc. . . .

Pendleton v. FLIPPO CONST. CO. (COA, 01/21/86)
. . . preexisting disease is not compensable. Id. at 54-55, 4 S.E.2d at 741. . . .

. . . Willard M. Toler v. Eastern Associated Coal Company . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/10/95)
. . . to Section 718.204(c)(1). . . .

. . . Hellenic Lines Limited, and of the S.S. Anghyra, Her . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/23/60)
. . . degrees 53.6 degrees . . .

. . . United States v. Marvin Mandel, W. Dale Hess, Harry W. . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/01/89)
. . . requirement of Article III; and . . .

Sundin v. Klein (SCV, 08/28/80)
. . . work a forfeiture of estate in violation of Code § 55-4.[4] The ready answer to this complaint is . . .

Wackwitz v. Roy (SCV, 06/05/92)
. . . enactment that addresses suicide as a crime. Code § 55-4 provides that "[n]o suicide ... shall work . . .

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§ 55-4

Suicide or attainder

History

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