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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0545\">545<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0001\">1<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0288\">288<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0734\">734<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":346292,"section_number":"13.1-1002","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1002\/"},{"id":346336,"section_number":"13.1-1038.1","catch_line":"Admission of members","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1038.1\/"},{"id":346400,"section_number":"13.1-1082","catch_line":"Entity conversion","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1082\/"},{"id":346718,"section_number":"13.1-603","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-603\/"},{"id":346720,"section_number":"13.1-604","catch_line":"Filing requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-604\/"},{"id":346905,"section_number":"13.1-730","catch_line":"Right to appraisal","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-730\/"},{"id":346917,"section_number":"13.1-741.1","catch_line":"Limitations on other remedies for fundamental transactions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-741.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":346870,"section_number":"13.1-722.11","catch_line":"Action on plan of conversion","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-722.11\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1377461,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346883,"identifier":"13.1-722.8","token":"13.1\/9\/12.2\/13.1-722.8","url":"\/13.1-722.8\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-722.8\/","token":"13.1\/9\/12.2\/13.1-722.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-722.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>As used in this article:<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Conversion<\/span>&#8221; means a transaction pursuant to this article.<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Converted entity<\/span>&#8221; means the <span class=\"dictionary\">converting entity<\/span> as it continues in existence after a <span class=\"dictionary\">conversion<\/span>.<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Converting entity<\/span>&#8221; means the <span class=\"dictionary\">domestic corporation<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">eligible entity<\/span> that approves a plan of <span class=\"dictionary\">conversion<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Action on plan of conversion\" href=\"\/13.1-722.11\/\">13.1-722.11<\/a> or the foreign <span class=\"dictionary\">eligible entity<\/span> that approves a <span class=\"dictionary\">conversion<\/span> pursuant to the <span class=\"dictionary\">organic law<\/span> of the foreign <span class=\"dictionary\">eligible entity<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 13.1-722.8)\n\nAs used in this article:\n\n&#8220;Conversion&#8221; means a transaction pursuant to this article.\n\n&#8220;Converted entity&#8221; means the converting entity as it continues in\nexistence after a conversion.\n\n&#8220;Converting entity&#8221; means the domestic corporation or eligible\nentity that approves a plan of conversion pursuant to \u00a7 13.1-722.11 or the\nforeign eligible entity that approves a conversion pursuant to the organic law\nof the foreign eligible entity.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 545; 2002, c. 1; 2016, c. 288; 2019, c. 734.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}