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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72420</law_id><section_number>17.1-122</section_number><catch_line>Matters not determined to stand continued</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="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All causes on the <span class="dictionary">docket</span> of any <span class="dictionary">court</span> and all other matters ready for its decision which have not been determined before the end of a term, whether regular or special, shall, without any <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">continuance</span>, stand continued to the next term.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5972, &#xA7; 17-25; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
