KENISON, C.J.
In this jurisdiction there is no statutory provision regulating the descent and distribution of property from the decedent to the slayer. Rees, American Wills Statutes II, 46 Va. L. Rev. 856, 888-889 (1960); Wade, Acquisition of Property by Willfully Killing Another — A Statutory Solution, 49 Harv. L. Rev. 715 (1936). Nor has the problem been presented in the case law of this state. Annot. 39 A.L.R. 2d 477. But, even in the absence of statute...
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