                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PLEADINGS IN ATTACHMENT (§ 8.01-536)

No pleading on behalf of the plaintiff shall be necessary except the petition
mentioned in § 8.01-537. The principal defendant, and any other defendant who
seeks to defeat the petitioner&#8217;s attachment, may demur to the petition,
issue on which demurrer shall be deemed to be joined; but if such demurrer be
overruled, such defendant shall answer the petition in writing. No replication
shall be necessary to such answer. The answer shall be sworn to by such
defendant, or his agent. Any other defendant may answer the petition, under
oath, and the cause shall be deemed at issue as to him, if he denies any of the
allegations of the petition, without any replication. Answers under this section
shall not have the effect of evidence for the defendant.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-523; 1977, c. 617.