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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72595</law_id><section_number>8.01-628</section_number><catch_line>Equity of prayer for temporary injunction to be shown by affidavit or otherwise</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="24">Injunctions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No temporary <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> shall be awarded unless the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall be satisfied of the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">equity</span>. An application for a temporary <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> may be supported or opposed by an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> or verified pleading.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-620; 1977, c. 617; 2015, c. 125.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
