West Virginia § 51-2-5 - 51-2-5. Same -- Adjournment.
Full text of West Virginia West Virginia Code § 51-2-5 — 51-2-5. Same -- Adjournment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-2-5. 51-2-5. Same -- Adjournment.
Whenever any judge of a circuit court shall have appointed a special term of any circuit court in the manner directed by the preceding section, and shall afterwards ascertain that he cannot hold such special term on the day appointed for it, he may, by warrant under his hand directed to the clerk of the court, adjourn it to such other day as he may deem proper. Such warrant shall be transmitted by the judge 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 such continuance proceed in all other respects in the manner directed by the section aforesaid.
Source: official West Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 51-2-5 ("51-2-5. Same -- Adjournment.") is part of the West Virginia Code, the codified statutory law of West 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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