No clerk, deputy clerk or employee of the Supreme Court shall act as counsel in any case pending in the Court or which may be taken to the Court by appeal or otherwise. Any clerk, deputy clerk or employee violating this section shall be removed from office or employment, as the case may be, in the manner provided in § 17.1-201.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 17.1-202

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Supreme Court: means the Supreme Court of Virginia. See Virginia Code 1-249

Code 1919, § 3380, § 17-35; 1938, p. 131; 1998, c. 872.