2006 Code of Virginia § 8.01-545 - Amendments; formal defects

8.01-545. Amendments; formal defects.

Such amendments shall be allowed of the petition, answer and of any of theother proceedings in the attachment as shall be conducive to the attainmentof the ends of substantial justice, and upon such terms as to continuance andcosts as may seem proper. An amendment when made shall as against theprincipal defendant and as to claims against him existing at the time theattachment was issued relate back to the time of the levy of the attachment,unless otherwise directed. No attachment shall be quashed or dismissed formere formal defects.

(Code 1950, 8-532; 1977, c. 617.)

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