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· 8/4/1987

Mayo v. Department of Commerce

Citations

  • 358 S.E.2d 759
  • 4 Va. App. 520
  • 4 Va. Law Rep. 212
  • 1987 Va. App. LEXIS 208

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  • noting that compliance with rules governing appeal procedures “is necessary for the orderly, fair and expeditious administration of justice”
  • noting that Rule 2A:5 encompasses matters arising subsequent to the time an administrative appeal is perfected by the timely filing of a petition for appeal
  • holding that the provision in Rule 2A:4(a) requiring a party to file a petition for appeal in the circuit court within thirty days after the filing of the notice of appeal was mandatory and affirming the circuit court’s dismissal of the appeal when the petition was untimely filed
  • “[C]ompliance with [the Rules of Court] is necessary for the orderly, fair and expeditious administration of justice.” (emphasis added) (citation omitted)
  • “It is well settled that ‘[w]hen the word “shall” appears in a statute it is generally used in an imperative or mandatory sense’ ”
  • \It is well settled that `[w]hen the word `shall' appears in a statute it is generally used in an imperative or mandatory sense'\

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Judges: Benton

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