Rules Of Construction And Definitions
This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Rules Of Construction And Definitions.” It is part of Title 1, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 2.1, titled “Common Law And Rules Of Construction.” It’s comprised of the following 60 sections.
- § 1-202
- General rule of construction
- § 1-203
- Adult
- § 1-204
- Age of majority
- § 1-205
- Bond with surety
- § 1-206
- Certified mail equivalent to registered mail; certain subsequent mail or notice may be sent by regular mail
- § 1-207
- Child; juvenile; minor; infant
- § 1-208
- City
- § 1-209
- Collegial body
- § 1-210
- Computation of time
- § 1-211
- Constitutional references
- § 1-211.1
- Courthouse; posting of notices
- § 1-212
- Courts of record
- § 1-213
- Delegation of duties assigned to political subdivision
- § 1-214
- Effective dates
- § 1-215
- Ex officio
- § 1-216
- Gender
- § 1-217
- Headlines of sections
- § 1-218
- Includes
- § 1-219
- Land; real estate
- § 1-219.1
- Limitations on eminent domain
- § 1-220
- Local ordinances incorporating state law by reference
- § 1-221
- Locality
- § 1-222
- Majority authority
- § 1-222.1
- Manufacturer
- § 1-223
- Month; year
- § 1-224
- Municipality; incorporated communities; municipal corporation
- § 1-225
- Nonlegislative citizen member
- § 1-226
- Notary
- § 1-227
- Number
- § 1-228
- Oath
- § 1-229
- Optional form of county government; effect of change in form
- § 1-230
- Person
- § 1-231
- When "person" includes business trust and limited liability company
- § 1-232
- Person under disability
- § 1-233
- Personal estate
- § 1-234
- Personal representative
- § 1-235
- Population; inhabitants
- § 1-236
- Population classifications
- § 1-237
- Process
- § 1-238
- Reenacted
- § 1-239
- Repeal not to affect liabilities; mitigation of punishment
- § 1-240
- Repeal not to revive former act
- § 1-240.1
- Rights of parents
- § 1-241
- Seal
- § 1-242
- Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections
- § 1-243
- Severability
- § 1-244
- Short title citations
- § 1-245
- State
- § 1-246
- Stricken language or italics
- § 1-247
- Summaries of legislation
- § 1-248
- Supremacy of federal and state law
- § 1-249
- Supreme Court
- § 1-250
- Swear; sworn
- § 1-251
- Systems of state highways
- § 1-252
- Tier-city
- § 1-253
- Time zone
- § 1-254
- Town
- § 1-255
- United States
- § 1-256
- Weights and measurements; metric equivalents
- § 1-257
- Written; writing; in writing