VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 44.000
Contractual Settlements
If one party to a dispute offers to settle the dispute and states the terms on which he will settle,
and the other party accepts the terms stated, then there is a compromise settlement. You must
determine from all the evidence whether the parties agreed on the terms of settlement.
(Name of proponent) has the burden of proving by the greater weight of the evidence that there
was a compromise settlement.
[You shall return your verdict for (name of proponent) if he has proved by the greater weight of the
evidence that there was a compromise settlement. You shall return your verdict for (name of contestant)
if (name of proponent) has failed to prove that there was a compromise settlement.]
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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