                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 19.2-119)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Bail&#8221; means the pretrial release of a person from custody upon
those terms and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial
officer.
		&#8220;Bond&#8221; means the posting by a person or his surety of a written
promise to pay a specific sum, secured or unsecured, ordered by an appropriate
judicial officer as a condition of bail to assure performance of the terms and
conditions contained in the recognizance.
		&#8220;Criminal history&#8221; means records and data collected by criminal
justice agencies or persons consisting of identifiable descriptions and
notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations or other formal
charges, and any deposition arising therefrom.
		&#8220;Judicial officer&#8221; means, unless otherwise indicated, any
magistrate serving the jurisdiction, any judge of a district court and the clerk
or deputy clerk of any district court or circuit court within their respective
cities and counties, any judge of a circuit court, any judge of the Court of
Appeals and any justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means any accused, or any juvenile taken into custody
pursuant to § 16.1-246.
		&#8220;Recognizance&#8221; means a signed commitment by a person to appear in
court as directed and to adhere to any other terms ordered by an appropriate
judicial officer as a condition of bail.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-109.1; 1973, c. 485; 1974, c. 114; 1975, c. 495;
1984, c. 703; 1991, c. 581; 1993, c. 636; 1999, cc. 829, 846; 2008, cc. 551,
691.