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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71678</law_id><section_number>8.01-45</section_number><catch_line>Action for insulting words</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-48</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Defamation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All words shall be actionable which from their usual construction and common acceptance are construed as insults and tend to violence and breach of the peace.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-630; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
