§ 15.2-800 Designation of form of government; applicability of chapter
§ 15.2-801 Adoption of urban county executive form
§ 15.2-802 Powers of county vested in board of supervisors; membership, election, terms, etc., of board; vacancies; powers of chairman
§ 15.2-803 General powers of board of supervisors
§ 15.2-804 Appointment, qualifications and compensation of urban county executive; to devote full time to work
§ 15.2-805 Tenure of county executive; suspension or removal
§ 15.2-806 Absence or disability of county executive
§ 15.2-807 Appointment of county officers and employees; federal employment, etc., not to disqualify; discussions with board
§ 15.2-808 Tenure of county officers and employees; suspension or removal
§ 15.2-809 Compensation of officers and employees
§ 15.2-810 Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees
§ 15.2-811 Powers and duties of county executive
§ 15.2-812 County executive may act as director or head of department
§ 15.2-813 Certain officers not affected by adoption of plan
§ 15.2-814 Inquiries and investigations by board of supervisors
§ 15.2-815 Regulation of garbage, trash and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services in certain counties
§ 15.2-816 Maintenance of certain sewer lines
§ 15.2-816.1 Underground electric distribution, telecommunications, cable, and other utility facilities
§ 15.2-817 No unincorporated area to be incorporated after adoption of urban county form of government
§ 15.2-818 City may petition to become part of county
§ 15.2-819 Demolition of historic structures; civil penalty
§ 15.2-820 Donations to legal entities owning recreational facilities

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 15.2 > Subtitle I > Chapter 8 > Article 1 - General Provisions

  • Board of supervisors: means the governing body of a county. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County: means any existing county or such unit hereafter created. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • local government: shall be construed to mean a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Supervisor: means a member of the board of supervisors of a county. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July one, nineteen hundred seventy-one, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
  • Voter: means a qualified voter as defined in § 24. See Virginia Code 15.2-102