Under Virginia law, except for cases involving medical malpractice, the statute of limitations begins to run on a minor's eighteenth birthday. For medical malpractice cases involving minors under the age of eight, the minor has until his or her tenth birthday to commence litigation.
) or high court judgment if someone takes court action against you (saying you owe them money) and you donât respond. You have 14 days to respond to the court claim. If you get a judgment, this means that the court has formally decided that you owe the money. The judgment will come in the post and will explain:
In law, a summary judgment is a judgment entered by a court for one party and against another party summarily, i.e., without a full trial. Such a judgment may be issued on the merits of an entire case, or on discrete issues in that case. In common-law systems, questions about what the law actually is in a particular case are decided by judges; in rare cases jury nullification of the law may act to contravene or complement the instructions or orders of the judge, or other officers of the court. A