                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AMENDMENTS; FORMAL DEFECTS (§ 8.01-545)

Such amendments shall be allowed of the petition, answer and of any of the other
proceedings in the attachment as shall be conducive to the attainment of the
ends of substantial justice, and upon such terms as to continuance and costs as
may seem proper. An amendment when made shall as against the principal defendant
and as to claims against him existing at the time the attachment was issued
relate back to the time of the levy of the attachment, unless otherwise
directed. No attachment shall be quashed or dismissed for mere formal defects.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-532; 1977, c. 617.