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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":1471823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369202,"identifier":"55.1-111","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/1\/55.1-111","url":"\/55.1-111\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-111\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/1\/55.1-111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fee tail converted into fee simple","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every estate in lands so limited that, as the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> was on October 7, 1776, such estate would have been an estate tail shall be deemed an estate in fee simple, and every limitation upon such an estate shall be held valid if the same would be valid when limited upon an estate in fee simple created by technical language.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEE TAIL CONVERTED INTO FEE SIMPLE (\u00a7 55.1-111)\n\nEvery estate in lands so limited that, as the law was on October 7, 1776, such\nestate would have been an estate tail shall be deemed an estate in fee simple,\nand every limitation upon such an estate shall be held valid if the same would\nbe valid when limited upon an estate in fee simple created by technical\nlanguage.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5150; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-12; 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"}}