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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0677\">677<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1381409,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347684,"identifier":"15.2-2108.14","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.1\/15.2-2108.14","url":"\/15.2-2108.14\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2108.14\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1.1\/15.2-2108.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil action","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2108.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">private provider<\/span> may file an action against a municipality in the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> having <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> over the municipality for <span class=\"dictionary\">equitable<\/span> relief, including a restraining <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">injunction<\/span>, for a violation of the provisions of this article. 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