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§ 57-2 Rights asserted therein reaffirmed

The General Assembly does hereby declare again that the rights asserted in § 57-1 are the natural and unalienable rights of mankind and this declaration is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 284.

Code 1919, § 35; 2016, c. 284.

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Court Decisions

Jaquantis Daeshon Yellock v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 01/30/24)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

Quintus Delano Marshall v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 01/15/19)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

Lewis v. Commonwealth (SCV, 05/31/18)
. . . OPINION BY JUSTICE WILLIAM C. MIMS . . .

Richard Alan Swezey v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 06/13/23)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

Dwayne A. Farmer v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 08/13/13)
. . . BEALES, Judge. . . .

Robert Harley v. Robert Wilkinson (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 02/22/21)
. . . PUBLISHED . . .

United States v. Brandon Locke (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 07/30/19)
. . . BERGER, District Judge, dissenting: . . .

. . . Virginia Manufacturers Association v. Ralph S. Northam, . . . (COA, 12/07/21)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

United States v. White (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 06/01/10)
. . . 606 F.3d 144 (2010) . . .

Juan Luis Lopez v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 03/02/21)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

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