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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69675</law_id><section_number>8.01-51</section_number><catch_line>No action when deceased has compromised claim</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="5">Death by Wrongful Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">action</span> shall be maintained by the personal representative of one who, after injury, has compromised for such injury and accepted satisfaction therefor previous to his death.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-635; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
