CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 19.2-119)

As used in this chapter:”Bail” means the pretrial release of a
person from custody upon those terms and conditions specified by order of an
appropriate judicial officer.”Bond” means the posting by a person or
his surety of a written promise to pay a specific sum, secured or unsecured,
ordered by an appropriate judicial officer as a condition of bail to assure
performance of the terms and conditions contained in the
recognizance.”Criminal history” means records and data collected by
criminal justice agencies or persons consisting of identifiable descriptions and
notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations or other formal
charges, and any deposition arising therefrom.”Judicial officer”
means, unless otherwise indicated, any magistrate serving the jurisdiction, any
judge of a district court and the clerk or deputy clerk of any district court or
circuit court within their respective cities and counties, any judge of a
circuit court, any judge of the Court of Appeals and any justice of the Supreme
Court of Virginia.”Person” means any accused, or any juvenile taken
into custody pursuant to § 16.1-246.”Recognizance” means a signed
commitment by a person to appear in court as directed and to adhere to any other
terms ordered by an appropriate judicial officer as a condition of bail.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-109.1; 1973, c. 485; 1974, c. 114; 1975, c. 495;
1984, c. 703; 1991, c. 581; 1993, c. 636; 1999, cc. 829, 846; 2008, cc. 551,
691.