                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPEAL ON WRIT OF ERROR TO JUDGMENT FOR CONTEMPT (§ 19.2-318)

From a judgment for any civil contempt of court an appeal may be taken to the
Court of Appeals. A writ of error shall lie from the Court of Appeals to a
judgment for criminal contempt of court. This section shall also be construed to
authorize an appeal from or writ of error to a judgment of a circuit court
rendered on appeal from a judgment of a district court for civil or criminal
contempt.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-283; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1975, c. 495; 1979,
c. 649; 1984, c. 703.