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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1984, chapter 701; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>; in 2022, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0307\">307<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163635,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85188,"identifier":"17.1-404","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-404","url":"\/17.1-404\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-404\/","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-404","dublin_core":{"Title":"Original jurisdiction in matters of contempt and injunctions, writs of mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-404","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Appeals<\/span> shall have authority to punish for <span class=\"dictionary\">contempt<\/span>. 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In addition,\nin such cases over which the court would have appellate jurisdiction, the court\nshall have original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus, prohibition and\nhabeas corpus.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 413, \u00a7 17-116.04; 1984, c. 701; 1998, c. 872; 2022, c. 307.","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}}