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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":[{"id":370238,"section_number":"56-264","catch_line":"Quo warranto in case of failure to comply with order of Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-264\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1506309,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377719,"identifier":"8.01-635","token":"8.01\/25\/1\/8.01-635","url":"\/8.01-635\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-635\/","token":"8.01\/25\/1\/8.01-635","dublin_core":{"Title":"Common-law writ of quo warranto and information in the nature of writ of quo warranto abolished; statutory writ of quo warranto established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-635","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The common-<span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">writ<\/span> of quo warranto and information in the nature of <span class=\"dictionary\">writ<\/span> of quo warranto is hereby abolished and superseded by the statutory <span class=\"dictionary\">writ<\/span> of quo warranto.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMON-LAW WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO AND INFORMATION IN THE NATURE OF WRIT OF QUO\nWARRANTO ABOLISHED; STATUTORY WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 8.01-635)\n\nThe common-law writ of quo warranto and information in the nature of writ of quo\nwarranto is hereby abolished and superseded by the statutory writ of quo\nwarranto.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c.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"}}