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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65572</law_id><section_number>1-247</section_number><catch_line>Summaries of legislation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rules of Construction and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any legislative summary associated with a bill, joint resolution or resolution, including any summary appearing on the face of such legislation, shall not constitute a part of the legislation considered, agreed to, or enacted, and shall not be used to indicate or infer legislative <span class="dictionary">intent</span>.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 375, &#xA7; 30-19.03:2; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
