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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0745\">745<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1472739,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370010,"identifier":"55.1-665","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/8\/55.1-665","url":"\/55.1-665\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-665\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/8\/55.1-665","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uniformity of application and construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-665","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In applying and construing this article, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 55.1-665)\n\nIn applying and construing this article, consideration shall be given to the\nneed to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among\nstates that enact it.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 745, \u00a7 55-142.14; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}