2010 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES.
Chapter 22 - Acts Barring Property Rights (55-401 thru 55-415)
55-401 - Definitions.
ยง 55-401. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. "Slayer" shall mean any person (i) who is convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of the decedent or, (ii) in the absence of such conviction, who is determined, whether before or after his death, by a court of appropriate jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed one of the offenses listed in subdivision (i) resulting in the death of the decedent. For the purposes of subdivision (ii), the party seeking to establish that a decedent was slain by such person shall have the burden of proof.
2. "Decedent" shall mean any person whose life is so taken.
3. "Property" shall include any real and personal property and any right or interest therein.
(1981, c. 469; 1987, c. 498; 2008, cc. 822, 830.)
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