CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION IN MATTERS OF CONTEMPT AND INJUNCTIONS, WRITS OF MANDAMUS,
PROHIBITION AND HABEAS CORPUS (§ 17.1-404)

The Court of Appeals shall have authority to punish for contempt. A judge of the
Court of Appeals shall exercise initially the authority concerning injunctions
vested in a justice of the Supreme Court by § 8.01-626 in any case over which
the court would have appellate jurisdiction as provided in §§ 17.1-405 and
17.1-406. In addition, in such cases over which the court would have appellate
jurisdiction, the court shall have original jurisdiction to issue writs of
mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 413, § 17-116.04; 1984, c. 701; 1998, c. 872.