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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78584,"section_number":"8.01-654","catch_line":"When and where petition filed; what petition to contain","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-654\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70980,"identifier":"17.1-310","token":"17.1\/3\/1\/17.1-310","url":"\/17.1-310\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-310\/","token":"17.1\/3\/1\/17.1-310","dublin_core":{"Title":"Habeas corpus, appeals, writs of error and supersedeas","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-310","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> shall also have <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> to award <span class=\"dictionary\">writs<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">habeas corpus<\/span> and of such <span class=\"dictionary\">appeals<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">writs<\/span> of error and supersedeas as may be legally docketed in or transferred to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHABEAS CORPUS, APPEALS, WRITS OF ERROR AND SUPERSEDEAS (\u00a7 17.1-310)\n\nThe Supreme Court shall also have jurisdiction to award writs of habeas corpus\nand of such appeals, writs of error and supersedeas as may be legally docketed\nin or transferred to the Court.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5865, \u00a7 17-97; 1995, c. 503; 1998, c. 872; 2021, Sp.\nSess. 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