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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247137,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75027,"identifier":"55.1-2106","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2106","url":"\/55.1-2106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2106\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2106","dublin_core":{"Title":"General principles of law applicable","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The principles of law<\/span> and equity<\/span>, including the law<\/span> of corporations and unincorporated associations<\/span>, the law<\/span> of real property, and the law<\/span> relative to capacity to contract<\/span>, principal and agent, eminent domain, estoppel, fraud<\/span>, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, receivership, substantial performances, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement the provisions of this chapter, except to the extent inconsistent with this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW APPLICABLE (\u00a7 55.1-2106)\n\nThe principles of law and equity, including the law of corporations and\nunincorporated associations, the law of real property, and the law relative to\ncapacity to contract, principal and agent, eminent domain, estoppel, fraud,\nmisrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, receivership, substantial\nperformances, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement the\nprovisions of this chapter, except to the extent inconsistent with this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-431; 2019, c. 712.","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}}