                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BELIEF OF PARTIES IN LAWFUL MARRIAGE VALIDATES CERTAIN DEFECTS (§ 20-31)

No marriage solemnized under a license issued in this Commonwealth by any person
professing to be authorized to solemnize the same shall be deemed or adjudged to
be void, nor shall the validity thereof be in any way affected on account of any
want of authority in such person, or any defect, omission or imperfection in
such license, if the marriage be in all other respects lawful, and be
consummated with a full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either
of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5082.