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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 855 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 1972 \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":144771,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61844,"identifier":"10.1-700","token":"10.1\/I\/7\/1\/10.1-700","url":"\/10.1-700\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-700\/","token":"10.1\/I\/7\/1\/10.1-700","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>As used in this article, the term &#8220;shore erosion&#8221; means the process of destruction by the action of water, wind, or ice of the land bordering any body of water including all rivers and the tidal waters of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITION (\u00a7 10.1-700)\n\nAs used in this article, the term &#8220;shore erosion&#8221; means the process\nof destruction by the action of water, wind, or ice of the land bordering any\nbody of water including all rivers and the tidal waters of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 855, \u00a7 21-11.17; 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}}