Chap. 11.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6012 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to juries for the trial of, and the waiver of trial by jury in,
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civil cases.
Approved February 10, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
six thousand and twelve of the Code of Virginia be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6012. Waiver of Trial by Jury; Number of Jurors for
Trial of Civil Cases.—In any case, unless one of the parties demand
that the case be tried by a jury, the whole matter of law and of fact
may be heard and determined, and judgment given by the court. In
civil cases when the controversy is for a matter less in value or amount
than three hundred dollars ($300.00), exclusive of interest and costs,
the jury shall consist of five persons and in all other cases the jury
shall consist of seven persons, And in any case in which the consent
of the plaintiff and defendant shall be entered of record it shall be
lawful for the plaintiff to select one person, who is eligible as a juror,
and for the defendant to select another, and for the two so selected
to select a third of like qualifications, and the three so selected shall
constitute a jury in the case. They shall take the oath required of
jurors, and hear and determine the issue, and any two concurring
shall render a verdict in like manner and with like effect as a jury of
seven; provided, this section shall not be so construed as to affect in
any way the empanelling of special juries as provided in section six
thousand and five.