                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 19.2-368.19)

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
		&#8220;Defendant&#8221; means any person who pleads guilty to, is convicted
of, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity with respect to a felony
resulting in physical injury to or death of another person.
		&#8220;Division&#8221; means the Division of Crime Victims&#8217;
Compensation.
		&#8220;Interested party&#8221; means the victim, the defendant, and any
transferee of proceeds due the defendant under a contract, the person with whom
the defendant has contracted, the prosecuting attorney for the Commonwealth, and
the Division of Crime Victims&#8217; Compensation.
		&#8220;Victim&#8221; means a person who suffers personal, physical, mental,
emotional, or pecuniary loss as a direct result of a crime and includes the
spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the victim.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 549; 1992, c. 681.