State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Virginia > Title-55 > Chapter-4 > 55-70§ 55-70. Words "with general warranty," "with special warranty" and"with English covenants of title" construed.
The words "with general warranty," in the granting part of any deed, shallbe deemed to be a covenant by the grantor "that he will warrant generallythe property hereby conveyed." The words "with special warranty," in thegranting part of any deed, shall be deemed to be a covenant by the grantor"that he will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed."
The words "with English covenants of title" or words of similar import, inthe granting part of any deed shall be deemed to be an expression by thegrantor of those covenants set out in §§ 55-71 through 55-74, inclusive, andin addition thereto the covenant that he is seized in fee simple of theproperty conveyed.
(Code 1919, § 5173; 1968, c. 257.)
