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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57796,"section_number":"8.01-612","catch_line":"Commissioner may summons witnesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-612\/"}],"permalink":{"id":279201,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77565,"identifier":"8.01-614","token":"8.01\/23\/8.01-614","url":"\/8.01-614\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-614\/","token":"8.01\/23\/8.01-614","dublin_core":{"Title":"His power to adjourn his proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-614","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A commissioner in chancery<\/span> may adjourn his proceedings from time to time, after the day to which notice was given, without any new notice, until his report is completed; and, when it is completed, it may be filed in the clerk’s office at any time thereafter. The commissioner may, if it shall appear to him necessary, adjourn such proceedings, to any place within the Commonwealth, and there continue such proceedings and take depositions<\/span> and other evidence<\/span> in like manner and with like force and effect as if the same were done in the place where he was appointed, and the commissioner shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses before him in the manner prescribed by \u00a7 8.01-612<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHIS POWER TO ADJOURN HIS PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 8.01-614)\n\nA commissioner in chancery may adjourn his proceedings from time to time, after\nthe day to which notice was given, without any new notice, until his report is\ncompleted; and, when it is completed, it may be filed in the clerk’s\noffice at any time thereafter. The commissioner may, if it shall appear to him\nnecessary, adjourn such proceedings, to any place within the Commonwealth, and\nthere continue such proceedings and take depositions and other evidence in like\nmanner and with like force and effect as if the same were done in the place\nwhere he was appointed, and the commissioner shall have the power to compel the\nattendance of witnesses before him in the manner prescribed by \u00a7 8.01-612.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 8-254, 8-255; 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}}