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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57485</law_id><section_number>8.01-167</section_number><catch_line>How damages of plaintiff assessed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Improvements</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">jury</span>, in assessing such <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, either under this article or under Article 14 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Action of ejectment retained; when and by whom brought" href="/8.01-131/">8.01-131</a> et seq.) of this chapter, shall determine the annual value of the premises during the time the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> was in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> thereof, exclusive of the use by the tenant of the improvements thereon made by himself or those under whom he claims, and also the <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for waste or other injury to the premises committed by the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-843; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
