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Statutes > Virginia > Title-55 > Chapter-4 > 55-75§ 55-75. Effect of certain words of release in a deed.
Whenever in any deed there shall be used the words: "The said grantor (orthe said . . . . . . . . . . . .) releases to the said grantee (or the said .. . . . . . . . .) all his claims upon the said lands," such deed shall beconstrued as if it set forth that the grantor (or releasor) hath remised,released and forever quitted claim and by these presents doth remise, releaseand forever quitclaim unto the grantee (or releasee), his heirs and assigns,all right, title and interest whatsoever, both at law and in equity, in or tothe lands and premises granted (or released) or intended so to be, so thatneither he nor his personal representative, his heirs or assigns, shall atany time thereafter, have, claim, challenge or demand the lands and premises,or any part thereof, in any manner whatever.
(Code 1919, § 5164.)
