CODE OF VIRGINIA

JURY OF INQUEST, HOW SUMMONED, ETC.; EVIDENCE, HOW GIVEN (§ 55-173)

For this inquest there shall be summoned and returned by the sheriff of the
county or sergeant of the city ten qualified jurors, of whom at least seven
shall be impaneled as a jury. They shall meet at the courthouse and sit in
public and may be adjourned by the escheator from day to day. Every person
competent to testify as a witness shall be required to give evidence openly in
the presence of the jurors.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 494; 1977, c. 583; 1984, c. 315; 1990, c. 938; 1996, c.
551.