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When the place for holding any court, or the day for commencing any term, is changed, or when a court fails to sit on any day appointed for it, or to which it may have adjourned, or when, for any reason, no court shall be held on any day within a term thereof, there shall be no discontinuance, but every notice, recognizance or process, given, taken or returnable to any such day or to any day between that day and the next that the court may sit, or to the day and place as it was before such change, and all matters ready for the court to act upon if it had been held on any such day, shall be in the same condition and have the same effect as if given, taken or returnable, or continued, to the substituted term or place, or to the next day of the same term that the court may sit, or to the next court in course, as the case may be.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers § 51-3-11. Effect of changing time or place of session - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-51-courts-and-their-officers/wv-code-sect-51-3-11/
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