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Any court shall have power to discharge persons summoned as jurors therein, or to dispense with their attendance on any day of its sitting. When by reason of challenge or otherwise a sufficient number of jurors summoned cannot be obtained for the trial of any case, the judge may select from the names on the jury list provided for by \u00a7 8.01-345 the names of as many persons as he deems necessary and cause them to be summoned to appear forthwith for the trial.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":237340,"text":"Jurors whose names appear in the list provided for under \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-348 and 8.01-351 shall be used for the trial of cases, civil and criminal, to be tried during the term. The judge shall direct the selection of as many jurors as may be necessary to appear for the trial of any case. Any court shall have power to discharge persons summoned as jurors therein, or to dispense with their attendance on any day of its sitting. 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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 1973, chapter 439; in 1975, chapter 359; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78453,"section_number":"8.01-345","catch_line":"Lists of qualified persons to be prepared by jury commissioners; random selection process","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-345\/"},{"id":66396,"section_number":"8.01-348","catch_line":"How names of jurors drawn from box","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-348\/"},{"id":63902,"section_number":"8.01-351","catch_line":"Preparation and disposition of list of jurors drawn","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-351\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65248,"identifier":"8.01-355","token":"8.01\/11\/4\/8.01-355","url":"\/8.01-355\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-355\/","token":"8.01\/11\/4\/8.01-355","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurors on list to be used for trial of cases during term; discharge or dispensing with attendance of jurors; drawing additional jurors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-355","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Jurors whose names appear in the list provided for under \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-348<\/a> and 8.01-351<\/a> shall be used for the trial<\/span> of cases, civil and criminal, to be tried during the term. The judge<\/span> shall direct the selection of as many jurors as may be necessary to appear for the trial<\/span> of any case. Any court<\/span> shall have power to discharge persons<\/span> summoned as jurors therein, or to dispense with their attendance on any day of its sitting. When by reason of challenge or otherwise a sufficient number of jurors summoned cannot be obtained for the trial<\/span> of any case, the judge<\/span> may select from the names on the jury<\/span> list provided for by \u00a7 8.01-345<\/a> the names of as many persons<\/span> as he deems necessary and cause them to be summoned to appear forthwith for the trial<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURORS ON LIST TO BE USED FOR TRIAL OF CASES DURING TERM; DISCHARGE OR\nDISPENSING WITH ATTENDANCE OF JURORS; DRAWING ADDITIONAL JURORS (\u00a7 8.01-355)\n\nJurors whose names appear in the list provided for under \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-348 and\n8.01-351 shall be used for the trial of cases, civil and criminal, to be tried\nduring the term. The judge shall direct the selection of as many jurors as may\nbe necessary to appear for the trial of any case. Any court shall have power to\ndischarge persons summoned as jurors therein, or to dispense with their\nattendance on any day of its sitting. When by reason of challenge or otherwise a\nsufficient number of jurors summoned cannot be obtained for the trial of any\ncase, the judge may select from the names on the jury list provided for by \u00a7\n8.01-345 the names of as many persons as he deems necessary and cause them to be\nsummoned to appear forthwith for the trial.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-208.17; 1973, c. 439; 1975, c. 359; 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}}