§ 18.2-30 Murder and manslaughter declared felonies.
§ 18.2-31 Aggravated murder defined; punishment.
§ 18.2-32 First and second degree murder defined; punishment.
§ 18.2-32.1 Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty.
§ 18.2-32.2 Killing a fetus; penalty.
§ 18.2-32.3 Human infant; independent and separate existence.
§ 18.2-33 Felony homicide defined; punishment.
§ 18.2-34 Reserved.
§ 18.2-35 How voluntary manslaughter punished.
§ 18.2-36 How involuntary manslaughter punished.
§ 18.2-36.1 Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter.
§ 18.2-36.2 Involuntary manslaughter; operating a watercraft while under the influence; penalties.
§ 18.2-37 How and where homicide prosecuted and punished if death occur without the Commonwealth.
§ 18.2-37.1 Certain matters not to constitute defenses.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 18.2 > Chapter 4 > Article 1 - Homicide.

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  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
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  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
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  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of 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 1-245
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  • Supreme Court: means the Supreme Court of Virginia. See Virginia Code 1-249
  • Tier-city: means an incorporated community within a consolidated county that (i) has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more, (ii) has been designated as a tier-city by the General Assembly, and (iii) has both the powers of a town and such additional powers as may be granted tier-cities by the General Assembly. See Virginia Code 1-252
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254
  • 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