2006 Code of Virginia § 8.01-651 - Suspension of proceedings by justice of Supreme Court or judge of Court of Appeals
8.01-651. Suspension of proceedings by justice of Supreme Court or judge ofCourt of Appeals.
Whenever a court having jurisdiction refuses to suspend proceedings asprovided in 8.01-650 of this chapter, a copy of the proceedings in court,with any orders entered in the proceedings, may be presented to a judge ofthe Court of Appeals, if an application for a writ of prohibition is pendingin that court, or to a justice of the Supreme Court if the application for awrit is pending there. Such judge or justice may thereupon award a suspensionof the proceedings sought to be prohibited until the final decision of thecause.
(Code 1950, 8-711.1; 1972, c. 673; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.)
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