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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369193</law_id><section_number>55.1-104</section_number><catch_line>Estates to lie in grant as well as in livery</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="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Property Conveyances</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Creation and Limitation of Estates</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Creation and Transfer of Estates</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All real estate shall, as regards the conveyance of the immediate freehold thereof, be deemed to lie in grant as well as in livery.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5146; Code 1950, &#xA7; 55-5; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
