Death or Change of Parties

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Death or Change of Parties.” It is part of Chapter 2 “Parties”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 9 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 9 sections.

§ 8.01-16	New parties may have continuance
§ 8.01-17	When party whose powers cease is defendant
§ 8.01-18	When suit discontinued unless revived
§ 8.01-19	Effect of marriage or change of name of party
§ 8.01-20	Effect of marriage, change of name or death on appeal
§ 8.01-20.1	Certification of expert witness opinion at time of service of process
§ 8.01-21	Judgment when death or disability occurs after verdict but before judgment
§ 8.01-22	When death or disability occurs as to any of several plaintiffs or defendants
§ 8.01-23	Decree in suit when number of parties exceeds 30 and one of them dies