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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617 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. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1504845,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377372,"identifier":"8.01-445","token":"8.01\/17\/4\/8.01-445","url":"\/8.01-445\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-445\/","token":"8.01\/17\/4\/8.01-445","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distinction between term and vacation abolished; effect of time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-445","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The distinction of what a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may do in term as opposed to vacation is hereby abolished. 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The continued existence or expiration of a term\nof court in no way affects the power of a court to do any act or take any\nproceeding in any civil action which has been pending before it.\n\nHISTORY: 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"}}