2006 Code of Virginia § 17.1-404 - Original jurisdiction in matters of contempt and injunctions, writs of mandamus, prohibition and ha...
17.1-404. Original jurisdiction in matters of contempt and injunctions,writs of mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus.
The Court of Appeals shall have authority to punish for contempt. A judge ofthe Court of Appeals shall exercise initially the authority concerninginjunctions vested in a justice of the Supreme Court by 8.01-626 in anycase over which the court would have appellate jurisdiction as provided in 17.1-405 and 17.1-406. In addition, in such cases over which the court wouldhave appellate jurisdiction, the court shall have original jurisdiction toissue writs of mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus.
(1983, c. 413, 17-116.04; 1984, c. 701; 1998, c. 872.)
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