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HOUSE BILL NO. 2829 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 10, 2007 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55-14.1, relating to the abolition of the doctrine of worthier title. ---------- Patron-- Iaquinto ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 55-14.1 as follows:

§ 55-14.1. Doctrine of worthier title abolished.

The doctrine of worthier title is abolished in this Commonwealth as a rule of law and as a rule of construction.