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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP1024\">1024<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1396835,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351679,"identifier":"19.2-327.14","token":"19.2\/19.3\/19.2-327.14","url":"\/19.2-327.14\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-327.14\/","token":"19.2\/19.3\/19.2-327.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Claims of relief","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-327.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An action under this chapter or the actions of any attorney representing the petitioner under this chapter shall not form the basis for relief in any <span class=\"dictionary\">habeas corpus<\/span> proceeding. 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