§ 18.2-39. "Lynching" defined

VA Code § 18.2-39 (2019) (N/A)
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Any act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person, which shall result in the death of such person, shall constitute a "lynching."

Code 1950, § 18.1-28; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.