VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 23.020
Definition of Invitee
An invitee is one who visits premises lawfully at the express or implied invitation of the
occupant. An invitee is one who visits other than for a social purpose or for his own convenience.
An express invitation is one made directly or indirectly by spoken or written words to come on
the premises.
An implied invitation is one made by opening the premises to others for a particular purpose.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
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