CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFECTS IN FORM OF RECOGNIZANCE NOT TO DEFEAT ACTION OR JUDGMENT (§ 19.2-146)

No action or judgment on a recognizance shall be defeated or arrested by reason
of any defect in the form of the recognizance, if it appear to have been taken
by a court or officer authorized to take it and be substantially sufficient.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-141; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.