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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1999, chapter 626<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70926,"section_number":"18.2-456","catch_line":"Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-456\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79107,"identifier":"18.2-457","token":"18.2\/10\/5\/18.2-457","url":"\/18.2-457\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-457\/","token":"18.2\/10\/5\/18.2-457","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fine and imprisonment by court limited unless jury impaneled","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-457","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No court<\/span> shall, without a jury<\/span>, for any such contempt<\/span> as is mentioned in the first class embraced in \u00a7 18.2-456<\/a>, impose a fine exceeding $250 or imprison more than ten days; but in any such case the court<\/span> may, without an indictment<\/span>, information or any formal pleading, impanel a jury<\/span> to ascertain the fine or imprisonment proper to be inflicted and may give judgment<\/span> according to the verdict<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINE AND IMPRISONMENT BY COURT LIMITED UNLESS JURY IMPANELED (\u00a7 18.2-457)\n\nNo court shall, without a jury, for any such contempt as is mentioned in the\nfirst class embraced in \u00a7 18.2-456, impose a fine exceeding $250 or imprison\nmore than ten days; but in any such case the court may, without an indictment,\ninformation or any formal pleading, impanel a jury to ascertain the fine or\nimprisonment proper to be inflicted and may give judgment according to the\nverdict.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-295; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1999, c. 626.","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}}