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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 525 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 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72204,"section_number":"15.2-858","catch_line":"Creation, enlargement, contraction, etc., of sanitary districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-858\/"},{"id":64870,"section_number":"21-122","catch_line":"Authority to issue bonds; limitation of amount","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-122\/"},{"id":80939,"section_number":"21-140.3","catch_line":"Validation of certain bonds","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-140.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":179477,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79910,"identifier":"21-112.22","token":"21\/2\/1\/21-112.22","url":"\/21-112.22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/21-112.22\/","token":"21\/2\/1\/21-112.22","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 21-112.22","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the words “circuit<\/span> court<\/span>” are used in this chapter, they shall also be construed to mean “circuit<\/span> or corporation court<\/span>” of a city; whenever the word “county” appears in this chapter, it shall also be construed to mean “city,” and whenever the words “governing body of a county” shall appear, they shall also be construed to mean “city council.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 21-112.22)\n\nWhenever the words “circuit court” are used in this chapter, they\nshall also be construed to mean “circuit or corporation court” of a\ncity; whenever the word “county” appears in this chapter, it shall\nalso be construed to mean “city,” and whenever the words\n“governing body of a county” shall appear, they shall also be\nconstrued to mean “city council.”\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 525.","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}}