Mandamus and Prohibition

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Mandamus and Prohibition.” It is part of Chapter 25 “Extraordinary Writs”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 12 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 12 sections.

§ 8.01-644	Application for mandamus or prohibition
§ 8.01-644.1	Limitations of actions for petition for mandamus
§ 8.01-645	What petition to state; where presented
§ 8.01-646	When writ awarded if no defense made
§ 8.01-647	Defense; how made
§ 8.01-648	What judgment to be rendered
§ 8.01-649	Proceedings when application is to Supreme Court or Court of Appeals
§ 8.01-650	Suspension of proceedings, where prohibition applied for
§ 8.01-651	Suspension of proceedings by justice of Supreme Court or judge of Court of Appeals
§ 8.01-652	Service of writ; how obedience enforced
§ 8.01-653	Mandamus to secure construction of act directing payment out of treasury of the Commonwealth
§ 8.01-653.1	Mandamus to secure construction of act granting power to incur certain obligations for transportation needs