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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64483</law_id><section_number>19.2-318</section_number><catch_line>Appeal on writ of error to judgment for contempt</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="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="19">Exceptions and Writs of Error</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>From a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> for any civil <span class="dictionary">contempt of court</span> an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> may be taken to the Court of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>. A <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of error shall lie from the Court of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> to a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> for criminal <span class="dictionary">contempt of court</span>. This section shall also be construed to authorize an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> from or <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of error to a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court rendered on <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> from a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of a district court for civil or criminal contempt.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-283; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1975, c. 495; 1979, c. 649; 1984, c. 703.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
