18.2-39 - Lynching" defined. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-39. "Lynching" defined.

Any act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person, which shall resultin the death of such person, shall constitute a "lynching."

(Code 1950, § 18.1-28; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)