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The court may order a joint hearing before it of all issues then pending in any actions or proceedings in any court in the Commonwealth, may order all such actions or proceedings consolidated with the validation proceeding pending before it, and may make such orders as may be necessary or proper to effect consolidation and as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delays. Such orders shall not be appealable.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1298343,"text":"Upon motion of the plaintiff or the issuer, the court in which the first proceeding to invalidate or sustain the bonds was instituted may enjoin the commencement by any person, corporation, or association of any other action or proceeding involving the validity of the bonds or any matter recited in the motion for judgment. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 640; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1991, chapter 668; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348110,"identifier":"15.2-2655","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/6\/15.2-2655","url":"\/15.2-2655\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2655\/","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/6\/15.2-2655","dublin_core":{"Title":"Consolidation of actions or proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2655","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon motion of the plaintiff<\/span> or the issuer, the court<\/span> in which the first proceeding to invalidate or sustain<\/span> the bonds<\/span><\/span> was instituted may enjoin the commencement by any person, corporation, or association of any other action or proceeding involving the validity of the bonds<\/span><\/span> or any matter recited in the motion for judgment<\/span>. The court<\/span> may order<\/span> a joint hearing<\/span> before it of all issues<\/span> then pending in any actions or proceedings in any court<\/span> in the Commonwealth, may order<\/span> all such actions or proceedings consolidated with the validation proceeding pending before it, and may make such orders<\/span> as may be necessary or proper to effect consolidation<\/span> and as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs<\/span> or delays. Such orders<\/span> shall not be appealable.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSOLIDATION OF ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 15.2-2655)\n\nUpon motion of the plaintiff or the issuer, the court in which the first\nproceeding to invalidate or sustain the bonds was instituted may enjoin the\ncommencement by any person, corporation, or association of any other action or\nproceeding involving the validity of the bonds or any matter recited in the\nmotion for judgment. The court may order a joint hearing before it of all issues\nthen pending in any actions or proceedings in any court in the Commonwealth, may\norder all such actions or proceedings consolidated with the validation\nproceeding pending before it, and may make such orders as may be necessary or\nproper to effect consolidation and as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or\ndelays. Such orders shall not be appealable.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-666.59; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-218; 1991,\nc. 668, \u00a7 15.1-227.57; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}