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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":377116,"section_number":"8.01-3","catch_line":"Supreme Court may prescribe rules; effective date and availability; indexed, and annotated; effect of subsequent enactments of General Assembly","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1508483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377101,"identifier":"8.01-286","token":"8.01\/8\/1\/8.01-286","url":"\/8.01-286\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-286\/","token":"8.01\/8\/1\/8.01-286","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forms of writs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-286","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Subject to the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-3<\/a>, the Supreme Court<\/span> may prescribe the forms of writs<\/span>, and where no such prescription is made, the forms of writs<\/span> shall be the same as heretofore used.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORMS OF WRITS (\u00a7 8.01-286)\n\nSubject to the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-3, the Supreme Court may prescribe the\nforms of writs, and where no such prescription is made, the forms of writs shall\nbe the same as heretofore used.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-43; 1977, c. 617.","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"}}