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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376825</law_id><section_number>8.01-148</section_number><catch_line>Right of defendant to resort to equity not affected</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="15" identifier="14">Ejectment</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whether the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> shall or shall not make or attempt a defense under &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="When vendee, etc., entitled to conveyance of legal title, vendor cannot recover" href="/8.01-146/">8.01-146</a> and <a class="law" title="When mortgagee or trustee not to recover" href="/8.01-147/">8.01-147</a>, he shall not be precluded from resorting to <span class="dictionary">equity</span> for any relief to which he would have been entitled if such sections had not been enacted.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-818; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
