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Personal Jurisdiction
Personal jurisdiction is 1,
To exercise personal jurisdiction 2,
The virginia long arm statute 3
14  cards
Venue
Venue is 1,
Virginia category a venue preferr...,
Category a local actions are appr...
24  cards
Service of Process
Serving process means 1,
A summons tells the defendant 2,
In general district court a summo...
25  cards
Pleadings - Generally
All pleadings must state 1,
Who must sign a pleading 2,
If a pleading contains documents ...
10  cards
Pleadings - General District Court
To commence an action in gdc a pl...,
Can a plaintiff draft their own c...,
The content of a civil warrant 3
15  cards
Pleadings - Circuit Court
To commence a civil action in cir...,
A complaint must contain 2,
Must the plaintiff make a stateme...
55  cards
Discovery - Circuit Court
Are there required disclosures in...,
The maximum number of interrogato...,
In virginia what is the rule limi...
10  cards
Joinder
A third party beneficiary can can...,
As a plaintiff a minor can sue in...,
As a defendant a minor can be sue...
34  cards
Special Causes of Action in Virginia
In a wrongful death action brough...,
If there are no beneficiaries tha...,
Under the va wrongful death cause...
41  cards
Statutes of Limitations
When an equity cause of action is...,
Generally equity _______ and the ...,
The general rule is that the stat...
30  cards
Adjudication
A ____ is how a plaintiff volunta...,
Say plaintiff sues defendant at t...,
If a jury deadlocks and a court d...
29  cards
Trial, Judgment, and Post-Trial Motions
There is no jury in 1,
In circuit court the right to a j...,
When a case involves law and equi...
68  cards
Appeals and Procedure
There is a right to appeal 1,
If a court order is not a final j...,
Suppose a plaintiff wants to take...
36  cards
Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel
To determine whether res judicata...,
Case 1 is in virginia state court...,
Case 1 is in federal court judgme...
14  cards
Review
What is the upper monetary limit ...,
If the trial judge in a civil act...,
What is the object of a declarato...
53  cards
Key Rules
At the end of a virginia circuit ...,
When may a potential juror be str...,
May a potential juror be striken ...
13  cards
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Circuit courts are the mainstreem...,
The main exception to smj in circ...,
Can an injunction be granted in g...
12  cards

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