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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":false,"permalink":{"id":279563,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86329,"identifier":"8.01-680","token":"8.01\/26.2\/3\/8.01-680","url":"\/8.01-680\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-680\/","token":"8.01\/26.2\/3\/8.01-680","dublin_core":{"Title":"When judgment of trial court not to be set aside unless plainly wrong, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-680","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a case, civil or criminal, is tried by a jury<\/span> and a party<\/span> objects<\/span> to the judgment<\/span> or action<\/span> of the court<\/span> in granting or refusing to grant a new trial<\/span> on a motion<\/span> to set aside the verdict<\/span> of a jury<\/span> on the ground that it is contrary to the evidence<\/span>, or when a case is decided by a court<\/span> without the intervention of a jury<\/span> and a party<\/span> objects<\/span> to the decision on the ground that it is contrary to the evidence<\/span>, the judgment<\/span> of the trial<\/span> court<\/span> shall not be set aside unless it appears from the evidence<\/span> that such judgment<\/span> is plainly wrong or without evidence<\/span> to support it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN JUDGMENT OF TRIAL COURT NOT TO BE SET ASIDE UNLESS PLAINLY WRONG, ETC (\u00a7\n8.01-680)\n\nWhen a case, civil or criminal, is tried by a jury and a party objects to the\njudgment or action of the court in granting or refusing to grant a new trial on\na motion to set aside the verdict of a jury on the ground that it is contrary to\nthe evidence, or when a case is decided by a court without the intervention of a\njury and a party objects to the decision on the ground that it is contrary to\nthe evidence, the judgment of the trial court shall not be set aside unless it\nappears from the evidence that such judgment is plainly wrong or without\nevidence to support it.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-491; 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}}