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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 696 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78487,"section_number":"56-516","catch_line":"When possession of utility to be delivered; procedure upon refusal of possession","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-516\/"}],"permalink":{"id":250315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62983,"identifier":"56-525","token":"56\/17\/56-525","url":"\/56-525\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-525\/","token":"56\/17\/56-525","dublin_core":{"Title":"Injunction against violation of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-525","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the remedies herein provided, the Governor is hereby authorized to apply to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond or to any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> mentioned in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"When possession of utility to be delivered; procedure upon refusal of possession\" href=\"\/56-516\/\">56-516<\/a> for, and such <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall have <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> upon <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent <span class=\"dictionary\">injunction<\/span> restraining any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>, organization, association or <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> from violating any provision of this chapter irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINJUNCTION AGAINST VIOLATION OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 56-525)\n\nIn addition to the remedies herein provided, the Governor is hereby authorized\nto apply to the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond or to any court mentioned\nin \u00a7 56-516 for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for\ncause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any\nperson, organization, association or corporation from violating any provision of\nthis chapter irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at\nlaw.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 696.","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}}