8.01-275 - When action or suit not to abate for want of form; what defects not to be regarded.
§ 8.01-275. When action or suit not to abate for want of form; what defectsnot to be regarded.
No action or suit shall abate for want of form where the motion for judgmentor bill of complaint sets forth sufficient matter of substance for the courtto proceed upon the merits of the cause. The court shall not regard anydefect or imperfection in the pleading, whether it has been heretofore deemedmispleading or insufficient pleading or not, unless there be omittedsomething so essential to the action or defense that judgment, according tolaw and the very right of the cause, cannot be given.
(Code 1950, §§ 8-102, 8-109; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.)