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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55294</law_id><section_number>16.1-78</section_number><catch_line>Judgment by confession not affected</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Venue, Jurisdiction and Procedure in Civil Matters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Jurisdiction in Civil Actions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>None of the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim" href="/16.1-77/">16.1-77</a> shall affect the right of any person to obtain <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> by <span class="dictionary">confession</span> in any <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> thereof, or in the clerk&#x2019;s office of any such <span class="dictionary">court</span>, when such right exists under some other <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or act, on any claim for money, property or <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, regardless of the amount of such claim for money or <span class="dictionary">damages</span> or the value of such property.</p></section></text><history>1956, c. 555.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
