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Va. Code Ann. § 1-2 (2026)

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All the provisions of this Code shall be in force on and after February 1, 1950, except as provided in § 1-2.1.

Code 1919, § 6567; R. P. 1948, § 1-2.

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Cited in 23 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1951–2026 · leading case: Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth, 292 S.E.2d 798 (Va. 1982).
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Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth, 292 S.E.2d 798 (Va. 1982). “2, §§ 1-2, 4. In that year the General Assembly enacted statutes to mitigate the harshness of the common law which punished murder and numerous other crimes with death.”
Fauver v. Bell, 65 S.E.2d 575 (Va. 1951). · cites it 2× “Consequently, as to these, the employee’s common-law remedies remain unimpaired, and they are not to be considered as altered or changed except where the legislative intent has been plainly manifested by statute.”
West v. Mills, 380 S.E.2d 917 (Va. 1989). · cites it 3× “of § 1-2 of this chapter;[ 4 ] (b) the impact of the proposed cluster development on adjacent property and uses; .”
Kruise v. Fanning, 214 F. Supp. 3d 520 (E.D. Va. 2016). “The Supreme Court grounded that holding in the separation-of-powers principle that the Constitution vests “the executive power” in the President and makes the President the “Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.”
Bd. of Zoning Appeals v. GLASSER BROS., 408 S.E.2d 895 (Va. 1991). · cites it 2× “Section 1-2 of the ordinance requires six-foot side yard setbacks in the R-SFA-1 district except where side yards abut a public street.”
Gen. Sec. Ins. v. Jordan, Coyne & Savits, LLP, 357 F. Supp. 2d 951 (E.D. Va. 2005). “2d Assignments § 1-2 (1999); Edmunds v. CBC Enters., Inc.”
Martin v. Lahti, 809 S.E.2d 644 (Va. 2018). “Friend & Kent Sinclair, The Law of Evidence in Virginia § 1-2 (7th ed. 2017). We agree with the plaintiff's general proposition that a plaintiff may prove her case by adducing circumstantial as well as direct evidence.”
Herndon v. Wickham, 97 S.E.2d 5 (Va. 1957). “, Code 1950, does not carry the prohibition against extending the time in “which an action for any other tort shall be brought,” it should be construed as indicating that no such prohibition thereafter existed and thus have the effect of extending the limitation (in § 8-24, Code…”
SNC-Lavalin Am., Inc. v. Alliant Techsystems, Inc., 858 F. Supp. 2d 620 (W.D. Va. 2012). · cites it 3× “Section 1-2 of UFC 4-021-01 states that “[t]his UFC provides technical criteria for systems that will .”
City of Richmond City Council v. Wilder, 74 Va. Cir. 382 (Richmond County Cir. Ct. 2007). · cites it 3× “2-1502, and § 1-2 of the City Code. However, a review of these statutes establishes that a City Deputy CAO cannot exercise the same range of powers as the City’s CAO.”
James Thomas Curry v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 913 S.E.2d 350 (Va. Ct. App. 2025). “12 11 See generally Kent Sinclair, The Law of Evidence in Virginia § 1-2[a] (8th ed. 2018); Ronald J. Bacigal, The Virginia Rules of Evidence, 16 Rich.”
Johnson v. Norfolk Portsmouth Belt Line R.R., 56 Va. Cir. 507 (Portsmouth Cir. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “(Virginia Code § 1-2.) The 1950 Code also provided that the Virginia Supreme Court could provide certain rules which also superseded the previous practice.”
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Va. Code Ann. § 1-2(a): 1 case
Welsh v. Commonwealth, 913 S.E.2d 497 (Va. 2025).
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