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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0555\">555<\/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":1508357,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377064,"identifier":"8.01-267.6","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.6","url":"\/8.01-267.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-267.6\/","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Separate trials; special interrogatories","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-267.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any combined <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span> under this chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, on <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>, may <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> separate or bifurcated <span class=\"dictionary\">trials<\/span> of any one or more claims, <span class=\"dictionary\">cross-claims<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">counterclaims<\/span>, third-<span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> claims, or separate <span class=\"dictionary\">issues<\/span>, always preserving the right of <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> by <span class=\"dictionary\">jury<\/span>.<\/p><p>Additionally, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may submit special <span class=\"dictionary\">interrogatories<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">jury<\/span> to resolve specific <span class=\"dictionary\">issues<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEPARATE TRIALS; SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES (\u00a7 8.01-267.6)\n\nIn any combined action under this chapter, the court, on motion of any party,\nmay order separate or bifurcated trials of any one or more claims, cross-claims,\ncounterclaims, third-party claims, or separate issues, always preserving the\nright of trial by jury.\n\nAdditionally, the court may submit special interrogatories to the jury to\nresolve specific issues of fact.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 555.","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"}}