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It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":350168,"section_number":"17.1-518","catch_line":"Special terms; when, how and by whom appointed","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-518\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1390817,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350169,"identifier":"17.1-519","token":"17.1\/5\/1\/17.1-519","url":"\/17.1-519\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-519\/","token":"17.1\/5\/1\/17.1-519","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adjournment thereof to a future day","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-519","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever any <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> has appointed a special term of any <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, by adjournment or warrant in the manner directed by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Special terms; when, how and by whom appointed\" href=\"\/17.1-518\/\">17.1-518<\/a>, 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 <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, 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 <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> book of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> and, as to the special term thereafter to be held under the <span class=\"dictionary\">continuance<\/span>, proceed in all other respects in the manner directed by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Special terms; when, how and by whom appointed\" href=\"\/17.1-518\/\">17.1-518<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADJOURNMENT THEREOF TO A FUTURE DAY (\u00a7 17.1-519)\n\nWhenever any judge of a circuit court has appointed a special term of any\ncircuit court, by adjournment or warrant in the manner directed by \u00a7 17.1-518,\nand shall afterward ascertain that he cannot hold the special term on the day\nappointed for it, he may, by warrant, directed to the clerk of the court,\nadjourn it to such other day as he deems proper. The warrant shall be\ntransmitted to the clerk, who shall immediately enter it in the order book of\nthe court and, as to the special term thereafter to be held under the\ncontinuance, proceed in all other respects in the manner directed by \u00a7\n17.1-518.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5895, \u00a7 17-130; 1998, c. 872.","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"}}