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This law was first created in 1956. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72168,"section_number":"16.1-77","catch_line":"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-77\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162395,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55294,"identifier":"16.1-78","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-78","url":"\/16.1-78\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-78\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-78","dublin_core":{"Title":"Judgment by confession not affected","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-78","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

None of the provisions of \u00a7 16.1-77<\/a> shall affect the right of any person to obtain judgment<\/span> by confession<\/span> in any court<\/span> of record having jurisdiction<\/span> thereof, or in the clerk’s office of any such court<\/span>, when such right exists under some other statute<\/span> or act, on any claim for money, property or damages<\/span>, regardless of the amount of such claim for money or damages<\/span> or the value of such property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJUDGMENT BY CONFESSION NOT AFFECTED (\u00a7 16.1-78)\n\nNone of the provisions of \u00a7 16.1-77 shall affect the right of any person to\nobtain judgment by confession in any court of record having jurisdiction\nthereof, or in the clerk’s office of any such court, when such right\nexists under some other statute or act, on any claim for money, property or\ndamages, regardless of the amount of such claim for money or damages or the\nvalue of such property.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}