§ 18.2-38 “Mob” defined.
§ 18.2-39 “Lynching” defined.
§ 18.2-40 Lynching deemed murder.
§ 18.2-41 Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc., by mob.
§ 18.2-42 Assault or battery by mob.
§ 18.2-42.1 Acts of violence by mob.
§ 18.2-43 Apprehension and prosecution of participants in lynching.
§ 18.2-44 Civil liability for lynching.
§ 18.2-45 Persons suffering death from mob attempting to lynch another person.
§ 18.2-46 Venue.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 18.2 > Chapter 4 > Article 2 - Crimes by Mobs.

  • 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
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal representative: includes the executor of a will or the administrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with the will annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former representative, whether there is a will or not, any person who is under the order of a circuit court to take into his possession the estate of a decedent for administration, and every other curator of a decedent's estate, for or against whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or against the decedent. See Virginia Code 1-234
  • 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
  • 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