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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":1471999,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369843,"identifier":"55.1-301","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-301","url":"\/55.1-301\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-301\/","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-301","dublin_core":{"Title":"How construed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless the deed provides otherwise, any deed conveying land shall be construed to include all the estate, right, title, and interest, both at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> and in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span>, of the grantor in or to such land.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW CONSTRUED (\u00a7 55.1-301)\n\nUnless the deed provides otherwise, any deed conveying land shall be construed\nto include all the estate, right, title, and interest, both at law and in\nequity, of the grantor in or to such land.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5163; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-49; 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"}}