Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 60.2 > Chapter 6 > Article 3 - Extended Benefits

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• 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.
• Exhaustee: means an individual who, with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period:

  a. See Virginia Code 60.2-610

• extended benefit period: means a period which:

  1. See Virginia Code 60.2-610

• Extended benefits: means benefits, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-servicemen pursuant to Chapter 85 of Title 5 of the United States Code, payable to an individual under the provisions of § 60. See Virginia Code 60.2-610
• in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 42. See Virginia Code 1-257
• Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Regular benefits: means benefits, other than extended benefits, payable to an individual under this title or under any other state law, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-servicemen pursuant to Chapter 85 of Title 5 of the United States Code. See Virginia Code 60.2-610
• 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
• State law: means the unemployment insurance law of any state, approved by the United States Secretary of Labor under 26 U. See Virginia Code 60.2-610
• 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