{"law_id":"772443","section_number":"8.01-536","catch_line":"Pleadings in attachment","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 8-523; 1977, c. 617.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-536\/","refers_to":[{"id":"778466","section_number":"8.01-537","catch_line":"Petition for attachment; costs, fees and taxes","url":"\/8.01-537\/"}],"url":"\/8.01-536\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-536","structure":{"1":{"id":"3007","name":"Attachments Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","url":"\/8.01\/20\/1\/"},"2":{"id":"1548","name":"Attachments And Bail In Civil Cases","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","url":"\/8.01\/20\/"},"3":{"id":"52","name":"Civil Remedies And Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","url":"\/8.01\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"772443","structure_id":"3007","full_text":"No pleading on behalf of the plaintiff shall be necessary except the petition mentioned in \u00a7 8.01-537. The principal defendant, and any other defendant who seeks to defeat the petitioner’s attachment, may demur to the petition, issue on which demurrer shall be deemed to be joined; but if such demurrer be overruled, such defendant shall answer the petition in writing. No replication shall be necessary to such answer. The answer shall be sworn to by such defendant, or his agent. Any other defendant may answer the petition, under oath, and the cause shall be deemed at issue as to him, if he denies any of the allegations of the petition, without any replication. Answers under this section shall not have the effect of evidence for the defendant.","text":{"0":{"id":"2489995","text":"No pleading on behalf of the plaintiff shall be necessary except the petition mentioned in \u00a7 8.01-537. The principal defendant, and any other defendant who seeks to defeat the petitioner’s attachment, may demur to the petition, issue on which demurrer shall be deemed to be joined; but if such demurrer be overruled, such defendant shall answer the petition in writing. No replication shall be necessary to such answer. The answer shall be sworn to by such defendant, or his agent. Any other defendant may answer the petition, under oath, and the cause shall be deemed at issue as to him, if he denies any of the allegations of the petition, without any replication. Answers under this section shall not have the effect of evidence for the defendant.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"3007","name":"Attachments Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","url":"\/8.01\/20\/1\/"},"2":{"id":"1548","name":"Attachments And Bail In Civil Cases","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","url":"\/8.01\/20\/"},"3":{"id":"52","name":"Civil Remedies And Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","url":"\/8.01\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"795543","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-533","catch_line":"Who may sue out attachment","url":"\/8.01-533\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-533"},"1":{"id":"776481","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-534","catch_line":"Grounds of action for pretrial levy or seizure of attachment","url":"\/8.01-534\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-534"},"2":{"id":"795678","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-535","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of attachments; trial or hearing of issues","url":"\/8.01-535\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-535"},"3":{"id":"772443","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-536","catch_line":"Pleadings in attachment","url":"\/8.01-536\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-536"},"4":{"id":"778466","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-537","catch_line":"Petition for attachment; costs, fees and taxes","url":"\/8.01-537\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-537"},"5":{"id":"791337","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-537.1","catch_line":"Plaintiff to file bond","url":"\/8.01-537.1\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-537.1"},"6":{"id":"784467","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-538","catch_line":"Attachment of ships, boats and other vessels of more than twenty tons","url":"\/8.01-538\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-538"},"7":{"id":"786412","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-539","catch_line":"Who made defendants","url":"\/8.01-539\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-539"},"8":{"id":"781767","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-540","catch_line":"Issuance of attachment; against what attachment to issue","url":"\/8.01-540\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-540"},"9":{"id":"777057","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-541","catch_line":"To whom attachments directed; when and where returned","url":"\/8.01-541\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-541"},"10":{"id":"796178","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-542","catch_line":"Issue and execution of attachment on any day","url":"\/8.01-542\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-542"},"11":{"id":"783252","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-544","catch_line":"When attachment not served other attachments may issue; order of publication","url":"\/8.01-544\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-544"},"12":{"id":"784777","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-545","catch_line":"Amendments; formal defects","url":"\/8.01-545\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-545"}},"previous_section":{"id":"795678","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-535","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of attachments; trial or hearing of issues","url":"\/8.01-535\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-535"},"next_section":{"id":"778466","structure_id":"3007","section_number":"8.01-537","catch_line":"Petition for attachment; costs, fees and taxes","url":"\/8.01-537\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-537"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/8.01-536.txt","json":"\/8.01-536.json","xml":"\/8.01-536.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Pleadings in attachment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-536","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLEADINGS IN ATTACHMENT (\u00a7 8.01-536)\n\nNo pleading on behalf of the plaintiff shall be necessary except the petition\nmentioned in \u00a7 8.01-537. The principal defendant, and any other defendant who\nseeks to defeat the petitioner’s attachment, may demur to the petition,\nissue on which demurrer shall be deemed to be joined; but if such demurrer be\noverruled, such defendant shall answer the petition in writing. No replication\nshall be necessary to such answer. The answer shall be sworn to by such\ndefendant, or his agent. Any other defendant may answer the petition, under\noath, and the cause shall be deemed at issue as to him, if he denies any of the\nallegations of the petition, without any replication. Answers under this section\nshall not have the effect of evidence for the defendant.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-523; 1977, c. 617."}