Any notice given, recognizance taken, or process or writ issued before October 1, 1975, shall be valid although given, taken or to be returned to a day after such date, in like manner as if this title had been effective before the same was given, taken or issued.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 18.2-3

  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

1975, cc. 14, 15.

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