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It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163489,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72959,"identifier":"17.1-301","token":"17.1\/3\/1\/17.1-301","url":"\/17.1-301\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-301\/","token":"17.1\/3\/1\/17.1-301","dublin_core":{"Title":"Presiding justice when Chief Justice absent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In the absence of the Chief Justice, the justice longest in continuous service present shall be the presiding justice. 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