64.1-66 - Devises in general terms; how construed.

§ 64.1-66. Devises in general terms; how construed.

A devise of the testator which would describe a leasehold estate, if thetestator had no freehold estate which could be described by it, shall beconstrued to include such leasehold estate unless a contrary intention appearby the will.

(Code 1950, § 64-66; 1968, c. 656.)