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Statutes > Virginia > Title-18-2 > Chapter-4 > 18-2-39§ 18.2-39. "Lynching" defined.
Any act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person, which shall resultin the death of such person, shall constitute a "lynching."
(Code 1950, § 18.1-28; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)