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A copy of such designation shall be sent to the clerk and to each of the justices of the Court and published in some newspaper at the seat of government and near the regular place of session of the Court.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1304330,"text":"Whenever, by reason of the destruction, possession by a public enemy, or infection with contagious disease of any building in which the Supreme Court is to be held, it seems necessary to the Chief Justice, he shall, by proclamation, designate a place at which the Court shall be held, so long as such reason may continue, and when the circumstances require it, may postpone the time for holding the Court. In the case of the destruction of the building, the place designated by the Chief Justice shall be within the same county, city or town as the destroyed building. 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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 405; in 1966, chapter 348; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1389869,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349947,"identifier":"17.1-116","token":"17.1\/1\/17.1-116","url":"\/17.1-116\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-116\/","token":"17.1\/1\/17.1-116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Change of place or time for holding session of Supreme Court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever, by reason of the destruction, <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> by a public enemy, or infection with contagious disease of any building in which the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> is to be held, it seems necessary to the Chief Justice, he shall, by proclamation, designate a place at which the <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> shall be held, so long as such reason may continue, and when the circumstances require it, may postpone the time for holding the <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span>. 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In the case of the destruction of the building, the place\ndesignated by the Chief Justice shall be within the same county, city or town as\nthe destroyed building. A copy of such designation shall be sent to the clerk\nand to each of the justices of the Court and published in some newspaper at the\nseat of government and near the regular place of session of the Court.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5967, \u00a7 5968, \u00a7\u00a7 17-17, 17-18; 1962, c. 405; 1966, c.\n348; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1998, c. 872.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}