Virginia Code 18.2-44: Civil liability for lynching
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No provisions of this article shall be construed to relieve any member of a mob from civil liability to the personal representative of the victim of a lynching.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 18.2-44
- Personal representative: includes the executor of a will or the administrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with the will annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former representative, whether there is a will or not, any person who is under the order of a circuit court to take into his possession the estate of a decedent for administration, and every other curator of a decedent's estate, for or against whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or against the decedent. See Virginia Code 1-234
Code 1950, § 18.1-33; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.