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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 291; in 1998, chapter 427<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":220775,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76171,"identifier":"41.1-2","token":"41.1\/41.1-2","url":"\/41.1-2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/41.1-2\/","token":"41.1\/41.1-2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Act changing name of Denny Martin taken as true; records, etc., of Northern Neck and other lands","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 41.1-2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In all suits, either at law<\/span> or in equity<\/span>, in which title to any land is derived or sought to be derived from Lord Fairfax, through Denny Martin Fairfax, it shall not be necessary in order<\/span> to make out a chain of title, to prove the act of Parliament authorizing Denny Martin, the devisee of Lord Fairfax, to take the name of Fairfax, but the same shall be presumed and taken to be true to the same extent as if a properly authenticated copy of such act had been adduced in evidence<\/span>.\n\t\tThe records, documents, and entries of land granted by the former lord proprietor of the Northern Neck, and of all land granted, or to be granted, by the Commonwealth, shall be in the keeping of the Librarian of Virginia in the Land Office in the City of Richmond.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACT CHANGING NAME OF DENNY MARTIN TAKEN AS TRUE; RECORDS, ETC., OF NORTHERN NECK\nAND OTHER LANDS (\u00a7 41.1-2)\n\nIn all suits, either at law or in equity, in which title to any land is derived\nor sought to be derived from Lord Fairfax, through Denny Martin Fairfax, it\nshall not be necessary in order to make out a chain of title, to prove the act\nof Parliament authorizing Denny Martin, the devisee of Lord Fairfax, to take the\nname of Fairfax, but the same shall be presumed and taken to be true to the same\nextent as if a properly authenticated copy of such act had been adduced in\nevidence.\n\t\tThe records, documents, and entries of land granted by the former lord\nproprietor of the Northern Neck, and of all land granted, or to be granted, by\nthe Commonwealth, shall be in the keeping of the Librarian of Virginia in the\nLand Office in the City of Richmond.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 41-2; 1970, c. 291; 1998, c. 427.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}