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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1977, chapter 617; in 1984, chapter 703.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64353,"section_number":"8.01-675.2","catch_line":"Rehearing","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-675.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":279583,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60712,"identifier":"8.01-685","token":"8.01\/26.2\/3\/8.01-685","url":"\/8.01-685\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-685\/","token":"8.01\/26.2\/3\/8.01-685","dublin_core":{"Title":"Entry of decision in lower court; issue of execution thereon","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-685","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The court<\/span> or other tribunal from which any case may have come to an appellate<\/span> court<\/span> shall enter the decision of the appellate<\/span> court<\/span> as its own, and execution or other appropriate process may issue<\/span> thereon accordingly. When that decision is received by the clerk or secretary of the court<\/span> or tribunal below, he shall enter it of record in his order<\/span> book, and thereupon such execution may issue<\/span> and such proceedings be had in the case as would have been proper if the decision had been entered in court<\/span> or by such tribunal.\n\t\tIf the judgment<\/span> of the lower court<\/span> or tribunal is affirmed<\/span>, in whole or in part, by the decision of an appellate<\/span> court<\/span>, execution or other appropriate process may issue<\/span> thereon against the principal and surety<\/span> on any appeal<\/span> bond<\/span> which may have been given, for the amount of such judgment<\/span>, including the interest and cost and the damages<\/span> awarded by the appellate<\/span> court<\/span>, not exceeding, however, the penalty<\/span> of such bond<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENTRY OF DECISION IN LOWER COURT; ISSUE OF EXECUTION THEREON (\u00a7 8.01-685)\n\nThe court or other tribunal from which any case may have come to an appellate\ncourt shall enter the decision of the appellate court as its own, and execution\nor other appropriate process may issue thereon accordingly. When that decision\nis received by the clerk or secretary of the court or tribunal below, he shall\nenter it of record in his order book, and thereupon such execution may issue and\nsuch proceedings be had in the case as would have been proper if the decision\nhad been entered in court or by such tribunal.\n\t\tIf the judgment of the lower court or tribunal is affirmed, in whole or in\npart, by the decision of an appellate court, execution or other appropriate\nprocess may issue thereon against the principal and surety on any appeal bond\nwhich may have been given, for the amount of such judgment, including the\ninterest and cost and the damages awarded by the appellate court, not exceeding,\nhowever, the penalty of such bond.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-498; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.","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}}