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However, consequential, special, or punitive damages may not be awarded except as specifically provided in this chapter or by other rule of law.\n\nB\n\nAny right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by judicial proceeding.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1378423,"text":"The remedies provided by this chapter shall be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party is put in a position as good as its position had the other party fully performed. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1474159,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369541,"identifier":"55.1-2111","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2111","url":"\/55.1-2111\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2111\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Remedies to be liberally administered","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The remedies provided by this chapter shall be liberally administered to the end that the <span class=\"dictionary\">aggrieved party<\/span> is put in a position as good as its position had the other party fully performed. However, consequential, special, or punitive <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span> may not be awarded except as specifically provided in this chapter or by other rule of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1378423\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2111\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by judicial proceeding. <a id=\"paragraph-1378424\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2111\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMEDIES TO BE LIBERALLY ADMINISTERED (\u00a7 55.1-2111)\n\nA. The remedies provided by this chapter shall be liberally administered to the\nend that the aggrieved party is put in a position as good as its position had\nthe other party fully performed. However, consequential, special, or punitive\ndamages may not be awarded except as specifically provided in this chapter or by\nother rule of law.\n\nB. Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by judicial\nproceeding.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-436; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}