CHAPTER 58

An Act to amend and reenact § 16-19 of the Code of Virginia so as to
provide for proceeding by motion for judgment before a trial justice,
civil justice or civil judge except in certain cities.

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Approved February 18, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
I That § 16-19 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 16-19. Proceeding by * motion for judgment.—Proceedings before
a trial justice, * or civil justice, other than a civil justice or a civil judge
in cities having a population of more than thirty thousand inhabitants,
but not more than two hundred thousand inhabitants * and also in cities
containing more than two hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants * in
civil matters of which he may have jurisdiction, may also be by motion
for judgment. Such proceeding shall conform as nearly as * practicable
to proceedings under §§ 8-717 to 8-723, except that such notice shall be
made returnable not more than thirty days from the date of service thereof,
executed not less than ten days before the return day, and returned to the
trial justice, civil justice, or civil judge before whom it is returnable not
less than five days before the return day thereof. Any such motion for
idgment shall be in writing and shall be signed by the attorney for the
plaintiff.

When the word “warrant” is used in any section of the Code or Act
of Assembly concerning proceedings before * trial justices, civil justices,
or civil judges in civil cases it shall be construed to mean “warrant or
motion for judgment”.