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On any appeal the court may require of the appellant a new recognizance if it see fit.\n\nAny person committed to jail under this chapter may be discharged by the circuit court of the county or city on such terms as it may deem reasonable.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1308659,"text":"The court may dismiss the complaint or affirm the judgment, and make what order it sees fit as to the costs. If it award costs against the appellant, the recognizance which he may have given shall stand as security therefor. When there is a failure to prosecute the appeal, such recognizance shall remain in force, although there be no order of affirmance. 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It has been modified 2 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1396929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351491,"identifier":"19.2-25","token":"19.2\/2\/3\/19.2-25","url":"\/19.2-25\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-25\/","token":"19.2\/2\/3\/19.2-25","dublin_core":{"Title":"Power of court on appeal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-25","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may dismiss the complaint or <span class=\"dictionary\">affirm<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span>, and make what <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> it sees fit as to the costs. If it award costs against the <span class=\"dictionary\">appellant<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">recognizance<\/span> which he may have given shall stand as security therefor. When there is a failure to <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecute<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span>, such <span class=\"dictionary\">recognizance<\/span> shall remain in force, although there be no <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of affirmance. On any <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may require of the <span class=\"dictionary\">appellant<\/span> a new <span class=\"dictionary\">recognizance<\/span> if it see fit.<\/p><p>Any person committed to jail under this chapter may be discharged by the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the county or city on such terms as it may deem reasonable.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWER OF COURT ON APPEAL (\u00a7 19.2-25)\n\nThe court may dismiss the complaint or affirm the judgment, and make what order\nit sees fit as to the costs. If it award costs against the appellant, the\nrecognizance which he may have given shall stand as security therefor. When\nthere is a failure to prosecute the appeal, such recognizance shall remain in\nforce, although there be no order of affirmance. On any appeal the court may\nrequire of the appellant a new recognizance if it see fit.\n\nAny person committed to jail under this chapter may be discharged by the circuit\ncourt of the county or city on such terms as it may deem reasonable.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 19.1-24, 19.1-25; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.","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"}}