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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-45 — Persons suffering death from mob attempting to lynch another person
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 2: Crimes by Mobs, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-45
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
Every person suffering death from a mob attempting to lynch another person shall come within the provisions of this article, and his personal representative shall be entitled to relief in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were the originally intended victim of such mob.
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