Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 38.2 > Chapter 10 > Article 6 - Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of Insurer's License.

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• business of insurance: include solicitation, negotiations preliminary to execution, execution of an insurance contract, and the transaction of matters subsequent to execution of the contract and arising out of it. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Virginia Code 1-257
• Insurer: means an insurance company. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
• State: means any commonwealth, state, territory, district or insular possession of the United States. See Virginia Code 38.2-100