                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

&#8220;MOB&#8221; DEFINED (§ 18.2-38)

Any collection of people, assembled for the purpose and with the intention of
committing an assault or a battery upon any person or an act of violence as
defined in § 19.2-297.1, without authority of law, shall be deemed a
&#8220;mob.&#8221;

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-27; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1999, c. 623.