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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 533 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0940\">940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189549,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72884,"identifier":"25.1-202","token":"25.1\/2\/1\/25.1-202","url":"\/25.1-202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-202\/","token":"25.1\/2\/1\/25.1-202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nature of proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Condemnation proceedings shall be conducted as actions at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNATURE OF PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 25.1-202)\n\nCondemnation proceedings shall be conducted as actions at law.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 533, \u00a7 25-46.4:1; 2003, c. 940.","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}}