Virginia Code 19.2-204: Penalties on officers and jurors for failure of duty.
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A court whose officer fails without good cause, when it is his duty, to summon a grand jury and return a list of its names shall fine him twenty dollars. A person summoned and failing to attend a court as a grand juror shall be fined by the court not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, unless, after being summoned to show cause against the fine, he gives a reasonable excuse for his failure.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 19.2-204
- Court: means any court vested with appropriate jurisdiction under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 19.2-5
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- 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
Code 1950, § 19.1-159; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.