West Virginia Code § 58-4-5

Stay of proceedings; bond
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At the instance of any person who desires to present such petition, the court of limited
jurisdiction, in which the judgment, decree or order is, may, during the term at which it is
rendered or made, or the judge of such court may, within twenty days after such term is
ended, upon notice in writing to the opposite party (in either case the court or the judge
exercising a discretion), make an order suspending the execution of such juedgment, decree
or order, for a reasonable time to be specified in such order, when such person shall give
bond before the clerk of such court, in such penalty as the court or judgre may require, with a
condition reciting such judgment, decree or order, and the intention of such person to
present such petition, and providing for the payment of all such damages as any person may
sustain by reason of such suspension in case a supersedeas to such judgment, decree or
order should not be allowed and be effectual within the timet so specified.

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