Definitions
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-368.2
in effectFor the purpose of this chapter:
"Anonymous trace evidence collection kit" means the same as that term is defined in § 19.2-11.5 .
"Claimant" means the person filing a claim pursuant to this chapter.
"Commission" means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
"Crime" means an act committed by any person in the Commonwealth of Virginia which would constitute a crime as defined by the Code of Virginia or at common law. However, no act involving the operation of a motor vehicle which results in injury shall constitute a crime for the purpose of this chapter unless the injuries (i) were intentionally inflicted through the use of such vehicle or (ii) resulted from a violation of § 18.2-51.4 or 18.2-266 or from a felony violation of § 46.2-894 .
"Family," when used with reference to a person, means (i) any person related to such person within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, (ii) any person residing in the same household with such person, or (iii) a spouse.
"Physical evidence recovery kit" means the same as that term is defined in § 19.2-11.5 .
"Sexual abuse" means sexual abuse as defined in subdivision 6 of § 18.2-67.10 and acts constituting rape, sodomy, object sexual penetration or sexual battery as defined in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2.
"Victim" means a person who suffers personal physical injury or death as a direct result of a crime including a person who is injured or killed as a result of foreign terrorism or who suffers personal emotional injury as a direct result of being the subject of a violent felony offense as defined in subsection C of § 17.1-805 , or stalking as described in § 18.2-60.3 , or attempted robbery or abduction.
1976, c. 605; 1984, c. 619; 1988, c. 748; 1990, c. 620; 1997, cc. 528 , 691 ; 1998, c. 484 ; 1999, c. 286 ; 2001, c. 855 ; 2008, c. 590 ; 2012, c. 38 ; 2026, cc. 858 , 859 .
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