                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 19.2-152.7:1)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Act of violence, force, or threat&#8221; means any act involving
violence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or places one in
reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury. Such act
includes, but is not limited to, any forceful detention, stalking, criminal
sexual assault in violation of Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of
Title 18.2, or any criminal offense that results in bodily injury or places one
in reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury.

HISTORY: 2011, cc. 445, 480.