CODE OF VIRGINIA SERVICE DEFINED (§ 56-233) The term “service” is used in this chapter in its broadest and most inclusive sense and includes not only the use and quality of accommodations afforded consumers or patrons, but also any product or commodity furnished by any public utility and equipment, apparatus, appliances and facilities devoted to the purposes in which such public utility is engaged and to the use and accommodation of the public. HISTORY: Code 1919, § 4068; 1980, c. 249.