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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 549 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 1990 \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 1992, chapter 681.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78180,"section_number":"19.2-368.5","catch_line":"Filing of claims; deferral of proceedings; restitution","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-368.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65351,"identifier":"19.2-368.19","token":"19.2\/21.2\/19.2-368.19","url":"\/19.2-368.19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-368.19\/","token":"19.2\/21.2\/19.2-368.19","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-368.19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:\n\t\t“Defendant<\/span>” means any person who pleads guilty to, is convicted of, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity<\/span> with respect to a felony<\/span> resulting in physical injury to or death of another person.\n\t\t“Division<\/span>” means the Division<\/span> of Crime<\/span> Victims<\/span>’ Compensation.\n\t\t“Interested party<\/span>” means the victim<\/span>, the defendant<\/span>, and any transferee of proceeds due the defendant<\/span> under a contract<\/span>, the person with whom the defendant<\/span> has contracted, the prosecuting attorney for the Commonwealth, and the Division<\/span> of Crime<\/span> Victims<\/span>’ Compensation.\n\t\t“Victim<\/span>” means a person who suffers personal, physical, mental, emotional, or pecuniary loss as a direct result of a crime<\/span> and includes the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the victim<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 19.2-368.19)\n\nFor purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings unless the context requires otherwise:\n\t\t“Defendant” means any person who pleads guilty to, is convicted\nof, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity with respect to a felony\nresulting in physical injury to or death of another person.\n\t\t“Division” means the Division of Crime Victims’\nCompensation.\n\t\t“Interested party” means the victim, the defendant, and any\ntransferee of proceeds due the defendant under a contract, the person with whom\nthe defendant has contracted, the prosecuting attorney for the Commonwealth, and\nthe Division of Crime Victims’ Compensation.\n\t\t“Victim” means a person who suffers personal, physical, mental,\nemotional, or pecuniary loss as a direct result of a crime and includes the\nspouse, parent, child, or sibling of the victim.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 549; 1992, c. 681.","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}}