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§ 8.01-227.21 Common law regarding minors

Nothing in this article shall abrogate Virginia common law regarding either (i) the capacity of a minor to be contributorily negligent or to assume a risk or (ii) the standard for measuring the conduct of a minor.

History

This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 713 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2012, c. 713.

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