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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 835 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143415,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55442,"identifier":"10.1-108","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/3\/10.1-108","url":"\/10.1-108\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-108\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/3\/10.1-108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Environment<\/span>” means the natural, scenic, scientific and historic attributes of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Exploration<\/span>” means the examination and investigation of land for the purpose of locating and determining the extent of minerals<\/span>, by excavating, drilling, boring, sinking shafts, sinking wells, driving tunnels, or other means.\n\t\t“Mineral<\/span>” means petroleum, natural gas, coal, ore, rock and any other solid chemical element or compound which results from the inorganic process of nature. For the purposes of this article, the word mineral<\/span> shall not include timber.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-108)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Environment” means the natural, scenic, scientific and historic\nattributes of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Exploration” means the examination and investigation of land for\nthe purpose of locating and determining the extent of minerals, by excavating,\ndrilling, boring, sinking shafts, sinking wells, driving tunnels, or other\nmeans.\n\t\t“Mineral” means petroleum, natural gas, coal, ore, rock and any\nother solid chemical element or compound which results from the inorganic\nprocess of nature. For the purposes of this article, the word mineral shall not\ninclude timber.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 835, \u00a7 10-17.113; 1988, c. 891.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}