Virginia § 17.1-519 - Adjournment thereof to a future day
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§ 17.1-519. Adjournment thereof to a future day
Whenever any judge of a circuit court has appointed a special term of any circuit court, by adjournment or warrant in the manner directed by § 17.1-518, and shall afterward ascertain that he cannot hold the special term on the day appointed for it, he may, by warrant, directed to the clerk of the court, adjourn it to such other day as he deems proper. The warrant shall be transmitted to the clerk, who shall immediately enter it in the order book of the court and, as to the special term thereafter to be held under the continuance, proceed in all other respects in the manner directed by § 17.1-518.
Code 1919, § 5895, § 17-130; 1998, c. 872.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 17.1-519 ("Adjournment thereof to a future day") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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