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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 720 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. 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The court, in\nits discretion, may permit the entire document to be received by the jury, or\nmay order the parties to edit from any such document admitted into evidence\ninformation that is irrelevant to the proceedings.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 720.","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}}