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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 292<\/a> 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. 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 2003, chapter 340<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1461731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366771,"identifier":"50-73.144","token":"50\/2.2\/10\/50-73.144","url":"\/50-73.144\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.144\/","token":"50\/2.2\/10\/50-73.144","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application and construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.144","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law<\/span> with respect to the subject of this chapter among States<\/span> enacting it. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> This chapter shall be construed in furtherance of the policies of giving maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract<\/span> and of enforcing partnership agreements<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 50-73.144)\n\nA. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose\nto make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among States\nenacting it.\n\nB. This chapter shall be construed in furtherance of the policies of giving\nmaximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract and of enforcing\npartnership agreements.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 292; 2003, c. 340.","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"}}