                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IN WHAT CONVEYANCES POSSESSION TRANSFERRED TO THE USE (§ 55.1-116)

By deed of bargain and sale, or by deeds of lease and release, or by covenant to
stand seized to the use, or deed operating by way of covenant to stand seized to
the use, the possession of the grantor shall be deemed transferred to the
grantee or other person entitled to the use, for the estate or interest that
such person has in the use, as perfectly as if the grantee or other person
entitled to the use had been enfeoffed with livery of seisin of the land
intended to be conveyed by such deed or covenant.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5155; Code 1950, § 55-17; 2019, c. 712.