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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 15 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 1954, chapter 368; in 1956, chapter 293; in 1960, chapter 517; in 1962, chapter 406; in 1964, chapter 393; in 1966, chapter 684; in 1968, chapter 785; in 1970, chapter 726; in 1979, chapter 274; in 1983, chapters 307 and 603; in 1985, chapter 180; in 1990, chapter 154; in 1992, chapter 836; in 1995, chapter 129<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 229<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356764,"identifier":"28.2-700","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/1\/28.2-700","url":"\/28.2-700\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-700\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/1\/28.2-700","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Crab dredge<\/span>” means a device, which may have teeth on the bar, that is designed and used to catch crabs buried in the bottom.<\/p>

“Crab pot<\/span>” means a device made of wire or thread net used to catch crabs.<\/p>

“Peeler crab<\/span>”, until the Commission<\/span> promulgates a different definition, means a crab that has a soft shell fully developed under the hard shell, or a crab on which there is a pink or white line or rim on the edge of that part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin.<\/p>

“Peeler pot<\/span>” means a wire mesh pot baited with only live adult male (jimmy) blue crabs.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 28.2-700)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Crab dredge” means a device, which may have teeth on the bar, that\nis designed and used to catch crabs buried in the bottom.\n\n“Crab pot” means a device made of wire or thread net used to catch\ncrabs.\n\n“Peeler crab”, until the Commission promulgates a different\ndefinition, means a crab that has a soft shell fully developed under the hard\nshell, or a crab on which there is a pink or white line or rim on the edge of\nthat part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin.\n\n“Peeler pot” means a wire mesh pot baited with only live adult male\n(jimmy) blue crabs.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 28-170, 28-173; 1954, c. 368; 1956, c. 293; 1960, c.\n517; 1962, c. 406, \u00a7\u00a7 28.1-165, 28.1-169; 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1968, c.\n785; 1970, c. 726; 1979, c. 274; 1983, cc. 307, 603, \u00a7 28.1-165.1; 1985, c.\n180; 1990, c. 154; 1992, c. 836; 1995, c. 129; 1996, c. 229.","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"}}