§ 16.1-69.5 Meaning of certain terms
Unless the context should otherwise require, the terms set out in this section shall be construed as follows:
a. “Courts not of record” shall mean all courts in the Commonwealth below the jurisdictional level of the circuit courts including general district courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts;
b. “General district courts” shall mean all courts not of record, except juvenile and domestic relations district courts in counties and cities heretofore designated as county and municipal courts;
c. “Juvenile and domestic relations district courts” shall mean all courts in counties and cities heretofore designated as juvenile and domestic relations courts or regional juvenile and domestic relations courts;
d. “District courts” shall mean general district courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts;
e. “County courts” and “municipal courts” shall be deemed to refer to general district courts;
f. “Juvenile and domestic relations courts” and “regional juvenile and domestic relations courts” shall be deemed to refer to juvenile and domestic relations district courts; and
g. “Chief judge” shall mean that judge so designated for a term to assume primary administrative responsibility for the general district courts or the juvenile and domestic relations district courts in the district served by such judge.
History
This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 708 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1973, chapter 546; in 1975, chapter 334.
1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1975, c. 334.