§ 19.2-272 Definitions.
§ 19.2-273 Certificate that witness is needed in another state; hearing.
§ 19.2-274 When court to order witness to attend.
§ 19.2-275 Arrest of witness.
§ 19.2-276 Penalty for failure to attend and testify.
§ 19.2-277 Summoning witnesses in another state to testify in this Commonwealth.
§ 19.2-278 Reimbursement for daily mileage to such witnesses; issuance of warrant necessary to make tender.
§ 19.2-279 Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify.
§ 19.2-280 Exemption of such witnesses from arrest or service of process.
§ 19.2-281 Construction of article.
§ 19.2-282 How article cited.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 19.2 > Chapter 16 > Article 2 - Witnesses from or for Another State.

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Court: means any court vested with appropriate jurisdiction under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 19.2-5
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Judge: means any judge, associate judge or substitute judge of any court or any magistrate. See Virginia Code 19.2-5
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: shall include any territory of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Virginia Code 19.2-272
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • summons: shall include a subpoena (both subpoena ad testificandum and subpoena duces tecum), order or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness or production of documents. See Virginia Code 19.2-272
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
  • Witness: as used in this article shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution or proceeding. See Virginia Code 19.2-272