§ 11-14. Gaming contracts void
Except as otherwise provided in this section, all wagers, conveyances, assurances, and all contracts and securities whereof the whole or any part of the consideration is money or other valuable thing won, laid, or bet, at any game, horse race, sport or pastime, and all contracts to repay any money knowingly lent at the time […]
§ 11-15. Recovery of money or property lost in gaming
Any person who shall, by playing at any game or betting on the sides or hands of such as play at any game, lose within twenty-four hours, the sum or value of five dollars, or more, and pay or deliver the same, or any part thereof, may, within three months next following, recover from the […]
§ 11-16. Bill by loser; repayment discharges winner from punishment
Such loser may file a bill in equity against such winner, who shall answer the same, and upon discovery and repayment of the money or property so won, or its value, such winner shall be discharged from any forfeiture or punishment which he may have incurred for winning the same. Code 1919, § 5560.
§ 11-16.1. Exemption from the chapter
This chapter shall not apply to any bet, wager, or casino gaming permitted by Chapter 41 (§ 58.1-4100 et seq.) of Title 58.1 or to any contract, conduct, or transaction arising from conduct lawful thereunder. 2020, cc. 1197, 1248.
§ 11-9.1. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2010, cc. 455 and 632, cl. 2.
§ 11-9.8. Construction of certain terms of offer to contract; use of experience modification factor prohibited
A. As used in this section: “Contract” means an agreement for the provision of construction services under which the contractor will be required to have and maintain a policy of insurance as defined in § 38.2-119. “Experience modification factor” means a value assigned to an employer as determined by a rate service organization in accordance […]
§ 11-10. Compromise by creditor with co-obligor, etc.
A creditor may compound or compromise with any joint contractor or co-obligor, and release him from all liability on his contract or obligation, without impairing the contract or obligation as to the other joint contractors or co-obligors. Code 1919, § 5763.
§ 11-11. Crediting contract; surety
When such compounding or compromise is made, the contract or obligation shall be credited with a full share of the party released, except where the compounding or compromise is with a surety or cosurety, and in that case, as between the creditor and principal, the credit shall be for the sum actually paid by the […]
§ 11-12. Part performance extinguishing obligation
Part performance of an obligation, promise or undertaking, either before or after a breach thereof, when expressly accepted by the creditor in satisfaction and rendered in pursuance of an agreement for that purpose, though without any new consideration, shall extinguish such obligation, promise, or undertaking. Code 1919, § 5765.
§ 11-8. Instruments executed by minors or surviving spouses to obtain benefits under certain federal legislation
Any person under the age of 18 or surviving spouse who has not remarried who is eligible for a guaranty of credit under the provisions of Title III of an Act of Congress of the United States approved June 22, 1944, entitled the “Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944,” as now or hereafter amended, or other […]