Virginia law

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Virginia law is the body of statutes, regulations, and legal principles governing the Commonwealth of Virginia, rooted in English common law and shaped by its own state constitution and legislative history.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Virginia law canonical 6
Virginia state law 5
Commonwealth of Virginia law 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system ⓘ
state law ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
basedOn English common law ⓘ
codifiedIn Code of Virginia ⓘ
constrainedBy Virginia Constitution Bill of Rights ⓘ
enforcedBy Attorney General of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia State Police ⓘ
local law enforcement in Virginia ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
governs business entities formed in Virginia ⓘ
civil procedure in Virginia courts ⓘ
criminal procedure in Virginia courts ⓘ
elections in Virginia ⓘ
local governments in Virginia ⓘ
marriage and divorce in Virginia ⓘ
probate and estates in Virginia ⓘ
real property located in Virginia ⓘ
hasBranch administrative law of Virginia ⓘ
civil law of Virginia ⓘ
contract law of Virginia ⓘ
criminal law of Virginia ⓘ
election law of Virginia ⓘ
family law of Virginia ⓘ
local government law of Virginia ⓘ
property law of Virginia ⓘ
tort law of Virginia ⓘ
hasOfficialCodeCitation Va. Code Ann. ⓘ
linked to: Code of Virginia
hasPublication Virginia Court of Appeals Reports ⓘ
Virginia Reports ⓘ
hasSource Virginia Constitution ⓘ
Virginia administrative regulations ⓘ
acts of the Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
judicial decisions of Virginia courts ⓘ
historicalEventInfluence American Revolution ⓘ
Civil War and Reconstruction in Virginia ⓘ
historicalRoot colonial laws of Virginia Colony ⓘ
includes Virginia case law ⓘ
Virginia common law ⓘ
Virginia regulations ⓘ
Virginia statutes ⓘ
interpretedBy Court of Appeals of Virginia ⓘ
Supreme Court of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia circuit courts ⓘ
Virginia district courts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislatedBy Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
subjectToFederalReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Supreme Court of Virginia ⓘ
subordinateTo United States Constitution ⓘ
federal law of the United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VA-11 → governingLaw → Virginia state law ⓘ
linked to: Virginia law
Stafford County Sheriff’s Office → appliesLegalJurisdiction → Commonwealth of Virginia law ⓘ
linked to: Virginia law
Fairfax County Code → subjectTo → Virginia state law ⓘ
linked to: Virginia law
VCU Board of Visitors → subjectTo → Virginia Freedom of Information Act ⓘ
linked to: Virginia law
Warren County, Virginia → lawSystem → Virginia state law ⓘ
subject linked to: Warren County
linked to: Virginia law
Frederick County Board of Supervisors → subjectTo → Virginia state law ⓘ
linked to: Virginia law
Clerk of the Senate of Virginia → legalSystem → Virginia state law ⓘ
linked to: Virginia law