                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPOSITION OF COURT; QUORUM; CHIEF JUSTICE (§ 17.1-300)

The Supreme Court shall consist of seven justices, any four of whom convened
shall constitute a quorum. The Chief Justice shall be elected by majority vote
of the justices of the Supreme Court to serve a term of four years. An eligible
justice may decline to serve as Chief Justice, or a Chief Justice may resign as
such, without thereby relinquishing his membership on the Court as a justice
thereof.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5862, § 17-93; 1938, p. 133; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 51;
1998, c. 872; 2002, cc. 43, 552.