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Virginia differs from many other states in that it does not provide for a right of redemption, by which a debtor can reclaim the property if they raise the money to pay the debt after the foreclosure sale. Furthermore, the debtor can not force the creditor to claim personal property ahead of real property.
Virginia has a motion called a "motion to strike the evidence", which functions exactly the same as a motion for judgment as a matter of law in most other courts. Such a motion is made at the close of evidence (before the jury deliberates, if there is a jury). Where such a motion is granted, summary judgment will be entered.
A compromise verdict is a "verdict which is reached only by the surrender of conscientious convictions upon one material issue by some jurors in return for a relinquishment by others of their like settled opinion upon another issue, and the result does not command the approval of the whole panel", and, as such, is not permitted. [4]
In the United States courts, a motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) is a motion made by a party, during trial, claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case. [1] It asserts that the evidence allows only one result: victory for the moving party, even if a jury has found otherwise. [2]
In Israel, which is a common law jurisdiction, settlements almost always are submitted to the court, for two reasons: (a) only by submitting the settlement to the court can the litigants control whether the court will order one or more parties to pay costs, and (b) the plaintiff (claimant) usually prefers for the settlement to be given the ...
The following articles published in the Virginia Law Review are among "The Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All Time": [3] Wilkinson, J. Harvie (2009). "Of Guns, Abortions, and the Unraveling Rule of Law". Virginia Law Review. 95 (2): 253– 323. JSTOR 25478705. Bebchuk, Lucian A. (2007). "The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise". Virginia Law ...
(From left) Beyonce, Blue Ivy Carter, Tina Knowles and Richard Lawson attend the 67th NBA All-Star Game: Team LeBron Vs. Team Stephen at Staples Center on Feb. 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Like the other Thirteen Colonies, Virginia originally adopted a system of common law procedure borrowed from English law, including the forms of action. However, Virginia never adopted the system of code pleading proposed by David Dudley Field II to abolish the forms of action. Instead, Virginia developed early on the "motion for judgment", a ...