Title 4 — Judiciary
22 chapters · 138 sections in this title.
4 V.I.C. § 321 Proceedings not affected by vacancy in office
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No proceeding pending in any court of justice shall be affected by a vacancy in the office of the judge thereof.
4 V.I.C. § 322 Proceedings to be in English language
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Every written proceeding in a court of justice of the Virgin Islands shall be in the English language and judicial proceedings shall be conducted, preserved and published in no other language.
4 V.I.C. § 323 Interpreters
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Whenever the services of an interpreter are deemed by the judge presiding in a court of justice in this territory to be required in a trial or other proceeding in such court the judge may appoint a qualified person to act temporarily as an interpreter in such court. Any interpret…
4 V.I.C. § 324 Means to carry jurisdiction into effect
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When jurisdiction is by law conferred on a court or judicial officer, all the means necessary to carry it into effect are also given; and in the exercise of this jurisdiction, if the course of the proceedings is not specially pointed out by law or by rules of procedure adopted pu…