General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 2 “Parties”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 6 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 6 sections.

§ 8.01-5	Effect of nonjoinder or misjoinder; limitation on joinder of insurance company
§ 8.01-6	Amending pleading; relation back to original pleading
§ 8.01-6.1	Amendment of pleading changing or adding a claim or defense; relation back
§ 8.01-6.2	Amendment of pleading; relation back to original pleading; confusion in trade name
§ 8.01-6.3	Actions or suits against fiduciaries; style of the case; amendment of pleading
§ 8.01-7	When court may add new parties to suit