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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377728</law_id><section_number>8.01-643</section_number><catch_line>Trial; verdict; judgment; costs; attorney&amp;#8217;s fee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="55" identifier="25">Extraordinary Writs</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Writ of Quo Warranto</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Unless the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> shall ask for a <span class="dictionary">trial</span> by <span class="dictionary">jury</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall hear the same. If the case is tried by <span class="dictionary">jury</span> and the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> is found guilty as to only a part of the charges, the <span class="dictionary">verdict</span> shall be guilty as to such part and shall particularly specify the same. As to the residue of such charges, the <span class="dictionary">verdict</span> shall be not guilty.</p><p>If the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> appears and is found guilty the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall give such <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> as is appropriate and authorized by <span class="dictionary">law</span> and for costs incurred in the <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> of the information, including a reasonable attorney&#x2019;s fee to be prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-865; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
