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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69327</law_id><section_number>1-249</section_number><catch_line>Supreme Court</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>&#x201C;Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>&#x201D; means the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 36, &#xA7; 1-13.27:2; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
