§ 8.01-45 Action for insulting words
All words shall be actionable which from their usual construction and common acceptance are construed as insults and tend to violence and breach of the peace.
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 1977, chapter 617.
Code 1950, § 8-630; 1977, c. 617.