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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 1977, chapter 617; in 2005, chapter 681<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73499,"section_number":"16.1-100","catch_line":"Additional executions; by whom issued","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-100\/"},{"id":69531,"section_number":"20-107.3","catch_line":"Court may decree as to property and debts of the parties","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-107.3\/"},{"id":57823,"section_number":"43-64","catch_line":"How notices served, acts done, etc., in case of bankruptcy, death or absconding","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-64\/"},{"id":63076,"section_number":"8.01-475","catch_line":"Subsequent executions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-475\/"},{"id":59866,"section_number":"8.01-497","catch_line":"Suit by officer to recover estate on which fieri facias is lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-497\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":277753,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61477,"identifier":"8.01-426","token":"8.01\/17\/1\/8.01-426","url":"\/8.01-426\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-426\/","token":"8.01\/17\/1\/8.01-426","dublin_core":{"Title":"“Judgment” includes decree","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-426","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A decree<\/span> for land or specific personal property, and a decree<\/span> or order<\/span> requiring the payment of money, shall have the effect of a judgment<\/span> for such land, property, or money, and be embraced by the word “judgment<\/span>,” where used in this chapter or in Chapters 18, 19 or 20 of this title or in Title 43; but a party<\/span> may proceed to carry into execution a decree<\/span> or order<\/span> other than for the payment of money, as he might have done if this and the following section had not been enacted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n“JUDGMENT” INCLUDES DECREE (\u00a7 8.01-426)\n\nA decree for land or specific personal property, and a decree or order requiring\nthe payment of money, shall have the effect of a judgment for such land,\nproperty, or money, and be embraced by the word “judgment,” where\nused in this chapter or in Chapters 18, 19 or 20 of this title or in Title 43;\nbut a party may proceed to carry into execution a decree or order other than for\nthe payment of money, as he might have done if this and the following section\nhad not been enacted.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-343; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 681.","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}}