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Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0940\">940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1416633,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356204,"identifier":"25.1-221","token":"25.1\/2\/2\/25.1-221","url":"\/25.1-221\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-221\/","token":"25.1\/2\/2\/25.1-221","dublin_core":{"Title":"Consolidation of petitions for trial","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-221","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless any <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> demands a separate <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on the <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> of just compensation, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may consolidate for <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> two or more <span class=\"dictionary\">petitions<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSOLIDATION OF PETITIONS FOR TRIAL (\u00a7 25.1-221)\n\nUnless any party demands a separate hearing on the issue of just compensation,\nthe court may consolidate for trial two or more petitions.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 169, \u00a7 25-46.17:1; 2003, c. 940.","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"}}