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Abandonment is a question of intention. A person entitled to a right of way or other easement in land may abandon and extinguish such right by acts in pais; and a cessation of use coupled with acts or circumstances clearly showing an intention to abandon the right will be as effective as an express release of the right. Scott v. Moore, 98 Va. 668, 687, 37 S.E. 342, 348, 81 Am.St.Rep. 749; Daniel v. Doughty, 120 Va. 853, 858, 92 S.E. 848, 850; Magee v. Omansky, 187 Va. 422, 430, 46 S.E.2d 443, 448 . 


But mere non-user of an easement ...