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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59353</law_id><section_number>8.01-125</section_number><catch_line>When summons returnable to circuit court; jury</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="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="13">Unlawful Entry and Detainer</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When the <span class="dictionary">action</span> is commenced in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>, the <span class="dictionary">summons</span> is returnable thereto and, upon application of either <span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">trial</span> by <span class="dictionary">jury</span> shall be had.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-792; 1954, c. 333; 1970, c. 272; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
