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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345198</law_id><section_number>1-201</section_number><catch_line>Acts of Parliament</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Common Law and Acts of Parliament</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The right and benefit of all <span class="dictionary">writs</span>, remedial and judicial, given by any <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or act of Parliament, made in aid of the <span class="dictionary">common law</span> prior to the fourth year of the reign of James the First, of a general nature, not local to England, shall still be saved, insofar as the same are consistent with the Bill of Rights and Constitution of this Commonwealth and the Acts of Assembly.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3, &#xA7; 1-11; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
