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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 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":376825,"section_number":"8.01-148","catch_line":"Right of defendant to resort to equity not affected","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-148\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1506925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376823,"identifier":"8.01-146","token":"8.01\/3\/14\/8.01-146","url":"\/8.01-146\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-146\/","token":"8.01\/3\/14\/8.01-146","dublin_core":{"Title":"When vendee, etc., entitled to conveyance of legal title, vendor cannot recover","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-146","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A vendor, or any claiming under him, shall not, at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> any more than in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span>, recover against a vendee, or those claiming under him, lands sold by such vendor to such vendee, when there is a writing, stating the purchase and the terms thereof, signed by the vendor or his agent and there has been such payment or performance of what was contracted to be paid or performed on the part of the vendee, as would in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> entitle him, or those claiming under him, to a conveyance of the legal title of such land from the vendor, or those claiming under him, without condition.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN VENDEE, ETC., ENTITLED TO CONVEYANCE OF LEGAL TITLE, VENDOR CANNOT RECOVER\n(\u00a7 8.01-146)\n\nA vendor, or any claiming under him, shall not, at law any more than in equity,\nrecover against a vendee, or those claiming under him, lands sold by such vendor\nto such vendee, when there is a writing, stating the purchase and the terms\nthereof, signed by the vendor or his agent and there has been such payment or\nperformance of what was contracted to be paid or performed on the part of the\nvendee, as would in equity entitle him, or those claiming under him, to a\nconveyance of the legal title of such land from the vendor, or those claiming\nunder him, without condition.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-816; 1977, c. 617.","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"}}