Pleadings Generally
This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Pleadings Generally.” It is part of Title 8.01, titled “Civil Remedies And Procedure.” It is part of Chapter 7, titled “Civil Actions; Commencement, Pleadings, And Motions.” It’s comprised of the following 16 sections.
- § 8.01-271
- Compliance with Rules of Supreme Court
- § 8.01-271.01
- Electronic filings in civil actions in circuit court
- § 8.01-271.1
- Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers; oral motions; sanctions
- § 8.01-272
- Pleading several matters; joining tort and contract claims; separate trial in discretion of court; counterclaims
- § 8.01-273
- Demurrer; form; grounds to be stated; amendment
- § 8.01-273.1
- Motion for judgment; motion to refer; Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act
- § 8.01-274
- Motion to strike defensive pleading in equity and at law; exceptions abolished
- § 8.01-275
- When action or suit not to abate for want of form; what defects not to be regarded
- § 8.01-275.1
- When service of process is timely
- § 8.01-276
- Demurrer to evidence and plea in abatement abolished; motion to strike evidence and written motion, respectively, to be used in lieu thereof
- § 8.01-277
- Defective process; motion to quash; untimely service; motion to dismiss
- § 8.01-277.1
- Objections to personal jurisdiction or defective process; what constitutes waiver
- § 8.01-278
- When plea of infancy not allowed; liability of infants for debts as traders; liability of infants on loans to defray expenses of education
- § 8.01-279
- When proof is unnecessary unless affidavit filed; handwriting; ownership; partnership or incorporation
- § 8.01-280
- Pleadings may be sworn to before clerk; affidavit of belief sufficient
- § 8.01-281
- Pleading in alternative; separate trial on motion of party