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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":false,"permalink":{"id":1505477,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377815,"identifier":"8.01-7","token":"8.01\/2\/1\/8.01-7","url":"\/8.01-7\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-7\/","token":"8.01\/2\/1\/8.01-7","dublin_core":{"Title":"When court may add new parties to suit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any case in which full justice cannot be done, or the whole controversy ended, without the presence of new parties to the <span class=\"dictionary\">suit<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, by <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, may direct the clerk to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> the proper process against such new parties, and, upon the maturing of the case as to them, proceed to make such <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">decrees<\/span> as would have been proper if the new parties had been made parties at the commencement of the <span class=\"dictionary\">suit<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN COURT MAY ADD NEW PARTIES TO SUIT (\u00a7 8.01-7)\n\nIn any case in which full justice cannot be done, or the whole controversy\nended, without the presence of new parties to the suit, the court, by order, may\ndirect the clerk to issue the proper process against such new parties, and, upon\nthe maturing of the case as to them, proceed to make such orders or decrees as\nwould have been proper if the new parties had been made parties at the\ncommencement of the suit.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-129; 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"}}