§ 56-479 Commission to make rules; require connection between companies; inspect lines and buildings
§ 56-479.1 Long distance service; change of carriers; prior authorization
§ 56-479.2 Anti-competitive acts; injunctive relief
§ 56-479.3 Authorization and verification for products, goods, and services to be billed on a telephone bill
§ 56-479.4 Designation of eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing Lifeline service
§ 56-480 Rates, etc., on file with Commission not to be questioned in courts; revision; proof
§ 56-480.1 Time limit on institution of approved rates
§ 56-480.2 Operator assistance at pay stations
§ 56-481.1 Rates, charges, and regulations for interexchange telephone service
§ 56-481.2 Rates, charges and regulations for local exchange telephone services provided by new entrants
§ 56-482 Agreements between telephone companies to be submitted to Commission
§ 56-482.1 Reports required of interexchange telephone companies
§ 56-482.2 Penalties
§ 56-483 Refusal or neglect to make reports; obstructing Commission in discharge of duties; violations in general
§ 56-484 Foreign companies to obtain license

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 56 > Chapter 15 > Article 3 - Supervision by Commission

  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 56-1
  • company: includes all corporations created by acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, or under the general incorporation laws of this Commonwealth, or doing business therein, and shall exclude all municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, and public institutions owned or controlled by the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 56-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • Local exchange telephone service: means telephone service provided in a geographical area established for the administration of communication services and consists of one or more central offices together with associated facilities which are used in providing local exchange service. See Virginia Code 56-1
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Person: includes individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. See Virginia Code 56-1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Rate: means rate charged for any service rendered or to be rendered. See Virginia Code 56-1
  • regulation: include joint rates, joint charges and joint regulations, respectively. See Virginia Code 56-1
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of 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 1-245