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Article 4

Witnesses Generally

8.01-396No person incompetent to testify by reason of interest, or because a party 8.01-396.1Competency of witness 8.01-396.2Minor witness; appointment of guardian ad litem 8.01-397Corroboration required and evidence receivable when one party incapable of testifying (subdivision (b)(5) of Supreme Court Rule 2:804 derived from this section)8.01-397.1Evidence of habit or routine practice; defined (Supreme Court Rule 2:406 derived from this section)8.01-398Privileged marital communications (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section)8.01-399Communications between physicians and patients (Supreme Court Rule 2:505 derived from this section)8.01-400Communications between ministers of religion and persons they counsel or advise (Supreme Court Rule 2:503 derived in part from this section)8.01-400.1Privileged communications by interpreters for the deaf (Supreme Court Rule 2:507 derived in part from this section)8.01-400.2Communications between certain mental health professionals and clients (Supreme Court Rule 2:506 derived from this section)8.01-401How adverse party may be examined; effect of refusal to testify (subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:607 and subsection (c) of Supreme Court Rule 2:611 derived from subsection A of this section)8.01-401.1Opinion testimony by experts; hearsay exception (subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:703, subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:705, and subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:706 derived from this section)8.01-401.2Chiropractor, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or optometrist as expert witness 8.01-401.2:1Podiatrist as an expert witness 8.01-401.3Opinion testimony and conclusions as to facts critical to civil case resolution (Supreme Court Rule 2:701 derived from subsection B of this section, subdivision (a)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:702 derived from subsection A of this section, and subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:704 derived from subsections B and C of this section)8.01-402Members of Department of Motor Vehicles' Crash Investigation Team not to be required to give evidence in certain cases 8.01-403Witness proving adverse; contradiction; prior inconsistent statement (Subsection (c) of Supreme Court Rule 2:607 and subdivision (a)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived from this section)8.01-404Contradiction by prior inconsistent writing (Subdivision (b)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived in part from this section and subdivision (b)(ii) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived from this section)8.01-405Who may administer oath to witness 8.01-406Interpreters; recording testimony of deaf witness (Supreme Court Rule 2:604 derived from this section)