Virginia § 8.01-7 When court may add new parties to suit

Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-7 — When court may add new parties to suit

Virginia § 8.01-7

Title 8.01Civil Remedies and Procedure

Ch. 2PARTIES

Art. 1General Provisions

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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-7 (2026).

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In any case in which full justice cannot be done, or the whole controversy ended, without the presence of new parties to the suit, the court, by order, may direct the clerk to issue the proper process against such new parties, and, upon the maturing of the case as to them, proceed to make such orders or decrees as would have been proper if the new parties had been made parties at the commencement of the suit.

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In any case in which full justice cannot be done, or the whole controversy ended, without the presence of new parties to the suit, the court, by order, may direct the clerk to issue the proper process against such new parties, and, upon the maturing of the case as to them, proceed to make such orders or decrees as would have been proper if the new parties had been made parties at the commencement of the suit.