Virginia Code 19.2-85: Definitions.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code 19.2-85
- Court: means any court vested with appropriate jurisdiction under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 19.2-5
- Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
- Judge: means any judge, associate judge or substitute judge of any court or any magistrate. See Virginia Code 19.2-5
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
(1) The term “Governor” includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this Commonwealth;
(2) The term “executive authority” includes the Governor, and any person performing the functions of Governor in a state other than this Commonwealth;
(3) The term “State,” referring to a state other than this Commonwealth, includes any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America, and the District of Columbia; and
(4) The term “judge” means a judge of a court of record having criminal jurisdiction.
Code 1950, § 19.1-49; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.