Ejectment
This is Article 14 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Ejectment.” It is part of Title 8.01, titled “Civil Remedies And Procedure.” It is part of Chapter 3, titled “Actions.” It’s comprised of the following 35 sections.
- § 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- Repealed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