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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66789</law_id><section_number>18.2-288</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-915.5</reference><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>18.2-287.2</reference><reference>18.2-311.2</reference><reference>19.2-83.1</reference><reference>29.1-519</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Uniform Machine Gun Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When used in this article:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> &#x201C;Machine gun&#x201D; applies to any weapon which shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. <a id="paragraph-242231" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-288/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Crime of violence</span>&#x201D; applies to and includes any of the following <span class="dictionary">crimes</span> or an attempt to commit any of the same, namely, <span class="dictionary">murder</span>, <span class="dictionary">manslaughter</span>, kidnapping, <span class="dictionary">rape</span>, <span class="dictionary">mayhem</span>, <span class="dictionary">assault</span> with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to maim, disable, disfigure or kill, <span class="dictionary">robbery</span>, <span class="dictionary">burglary</span>, housebreaking, breaking and entering and <span class="dictionary">larceny</span>. <a id="paragraph-242232" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-288/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; applies to and includes firm, partnership, association or corporation. <a id="paragraph-242233" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-288/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-258; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
