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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75267,"section_number":"40.1-49.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-49.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76737,"section_number":"8.01-265","catch_line":"Change of venue by court","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-265\/"},{"id":72403,"section_number":"8.01-266","catch_line":"Costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-266\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60621,"identifier":"8.01-267","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-267","url":"\/8.01-267\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-267\/","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-267","dublin_core":{"Title":"Discretion of judge","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-267","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Both the decision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> transferring or refusing to transfer an <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span> under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Change of venue by court\" href=\"\/8.01-265\/\">8.01-265<\/a> and the decision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> as to amount of costs awarded under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Costs\" href=\"\/8.01-266\/\">8.01-266<\/a> shall be within the sound discretion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span>. However, nothing herein shall affect the right to assign as error a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>&#8217;s decision concerning <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCRETION OF JUDGE (\u00a7 8.01-267)\n\nBoth the decision of the court transferring or refusing to transfer an action\nunder \u00a7 8.01-265 and the decision of the court as to amount of costs awarded\nunder \u00a7 8.01-266 shall be within the sound discretion of the trial judge.\nHowever, nothing herein shall affect the right to assign as error a\ncourt&#8217;s decision concerning venue.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 617.","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}}