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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0555\">555<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68984,"section_number":"8.01-267.4","catch_line":"Transfer","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-267.4\/"},{"id":58451,"section_number":"8.01-267.5","catch_line":"Joinder and severance","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-267.5\/"},{"id":65383,"section_number":"8.01-267.7","catch_line":"Later-filed actions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-267.7\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71276,"section_number":"8.01-267.1","catch_line":"Standards governing consolidation, etc., and transfer","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-267.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281343,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76108,"identifier":"8.01-267.3","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.3","url":"\/8.01-267.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-267.3\/","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Consolidation and other combined proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-267.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>On <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in which separate <span class=\"dictionary\">civil actions<\/span> are pending which were brought by six or more <span class=\"dictionary\">plaintiffs<\/span> may enter an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> coordinating, consolidating or joining any or all of the proceedings in the actions upon making the <span class=\"dictionary\">findings<\/span> required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Standards governing consolidation, etc., and transfer\" href=\"\/8.01-267.1\/\">8.01-267.1<\/a>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> may provide for any or all of the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings; <a id=\"paragraph-273162\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.01-267.3\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A joint <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> or, if requested by any <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> by <span class=\"dictionary\">jury<\/span> with respect to any or all common questions at <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> in the actions; or <a id=\"paragraph-273163\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.01-267.3\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Consolidation<\/span> of the actions. <a id=\"paragraph-273164\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.01-267.3\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSOLIDATION AND OTHER COMBINED PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 8.01-267.3)\n\nOn motion of any party, a circuit court in which separate civil actions are\npending which were brought by six or more plaintiffs may enter an order\ncoordinating, consolidating or joining any or all of the proceedings in the\nactions upon making the findings required by \u00a7 8.01-267.1. The order may\nprovide for any or all of the following:\n\n1. Coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings;\n\n2. A joint hearing or, if requested by any party, trial by jury with respect to\nany or all common questions at issue in the actions; or\n\n3. Consolidation of the actions.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 555.","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}}