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The court presently is made up of seven justices, [3] each elected by a majority vote of both houses of the General Assembly for a term of twelve years. [4] To be eligible for election, a candidate must be a resident of Virginia and must have been a member of the Virginia State Bar for at least five years. [4]
This category contains articles regarding case law decided by the courts of Virginia. Pages in category "Virginia state case law" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The state has 120 Circuit Courts divided among 31 judicial circuits. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts have authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $4,500 and have exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for more than $25,000.
The Virginia Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts have authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $4,500 and have exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for ...
The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia.It primarily hears direct appeals in civil cases from the trial-level city and county circuit courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that are initially appealed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Virginia is the first state in the U.S. to do this, driven in part by the mass shootings at a Walmart in Chesapeake last year.