                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTATE OF FREEHOLD TO ONE WITH REMAINDER TO HEIRS, ETC.; RULE IN SHELLEY&#8217;S
CASE ABOLISHED (§ 55.1-112)

Wherever any person by deed, will, or other writing takes an estate of freehold
in land, or takes such an interest in personal property as would be an estate of
freehold if it were an estate in land, and in the same deed, will, or writing an
estate is afterwards limited by way of remainder to his heirs, or the heirs of
his body, or his issue, the words &#8220;heirs,&#8221; &#8220;heirs of his
body,&#8221; and &#8220;issue,&#8221; or other words of like import used in the
deed, will, or writing in the limitation therein by way of remainder shall not
be construed as words of limitation carrying to such person the inheritance as
to the land, or the absolute estate as to the personal property, but they shall
be construed as words of purchase, creating a remainder in the heirs, heirs of
the body, or issue.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5152; Code 1950, § 55-14; 2019, c. 712.