Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-39

§ 18.2-39. "Lynching" defined

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.)

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