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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 417; in 1956, chapter 75; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":145301,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58012,"identifier":"10.1-1162","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/9\/10.1-1162","url":"\/10.1-1162\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1162\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/9\/10.1-1162","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1162","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“Diameter<\/span>” means the distance through a tree<\/span> at the point of average thickness as measured from outside of bark to outside of bark at a point on a trunk ten inches above the general ground level.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means any landowner, owner of timber, owner of timber rights, sawmill operator, sawmill owner, veneer wood operator, pulpwood contractor, or any person<\/span> engaged in the business of severing timber from the stump.\n\t\t“Tree<\/span>” means any tree<\/span> of a currently commercially valuable species which is six inches or more in diameter<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1162)\n\nAs used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Diameter” means the distance through a tree at the point of\naverage thickness as measured from outside of bark to outside of bark at a point\non a trunk ten inches above the general ground level.\n\t\t“Person” means any landowner, owner of timber, owner of timber\nrights, sawmill operator, sawmill owner, veneer wood operator, pulpwood\ncontractor, or any person engaged in the business of severing timber from the\nstump.\n\t\t“Tree” means any tree of a currently commercially valuable species\nwhich is six inches or more in diameter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 10-75; 1952, c. 417; 1956, c. 75; 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}}