Virginia § 8.01-426 "Judgment" includes decree

Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-426 — "Judgment" includes decree

Virginia § 8.01-426

Title 8.01Civil Remedies and Procedure

Ch. 17JUDGMENTS AND DECREES GENERALLY

Art. 1IN GENERAL

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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-426 (2026).

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A decree for land or specific personal property, and a decree or order requiring the payment of money, shall have the effect of a judgment for such land, property, or money, and be embraced by the word "judgment," where used in this chapter or in Chapters 18, 19 or 20 of this title or in Title 43; but a party may proceed to carry into execution a decree or order other than for the payment of money, as he might have done if this and the following section had not been enacted.

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A decree for land or specific personal property, and a decree or order requiring the payment of money, shall have the effect of a judgment for such land, property, or money, and be embraced by the word "judgment," where used in this chapter or in Chapters 18, 19 or 20 of this title or in Title 43; but a party may proceed to carry into execution a decree or order other than for the payment of money, as he might have done if this and the following section had not been enacted.