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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345233</law_id><section_number>1-232</section_number><catch_line>Person under disability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Rules of Construction and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Person under disability&#x201D; includes a person less than 18 years of age.</p></section></text><history>1972, cc. 824, 825, &#xA7; 1-13.42; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Sheppard v. Early</name><case_number>99-6048</case_number><citation></citation><date>1999-02-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2966964/sheppard-v-early/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Filed:   February 17, 1999 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="1"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Mark A. Sheppard v. Mark L. Early, Individually and in His .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>99-6048</case_number><citation>168 F.3d 689</citation><date>1999-01-19</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/762031/mark-a-sheppard-v-mark-l-early-individually-and-in-his-capacity-as/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by unpublished opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Orbe v. Johnson, Director Va Dept. of Corrections (Order)</name><case_number>Record 040598; Circuit Court CH-04-419-1</case_number><citation>267 Va. 560</citation><date>2004-03-30</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059109/orbe-v-johnson-director-va-dept-of-corrections-order/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. By order dated February 12, 2004, the Circuit Court of York County directed that the sentence of .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Davidson v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record 930154</case_number><citation>432 S.E.2d 178</citation><date>1993-06-11</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1202468/davidson-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 432 S.E.2d 178 (1993) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Walthall v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0851-85</case_number><citation>353 S.E.2d 169</citation><date>1987-02-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1393433/walthall-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 3 Va.App. 674 (1987) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Department of Corrections v. Surovell</name><case_number>141780</case_number><citation></citation><date>2015-09-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3150557/department-of-corrections-v-surovell/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Mims, McClanahan, Powell, and Kelsey, JJ., and Millette, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Radiance Capital v. Foster</name><case_number>180678</case_number><citation></citation><date>2019-10-24</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4672452/radiance-capital-v-foster/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: All the Justices .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Department of Corrections v. Surovell</name><case_number>Record 141780.</case_number><citation>776 S.E.2d 579</citation><date>2015-09-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2959683/department-of-corrections-v-surovell/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Opinion by Justice CLEO E. POWELL. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Commonwealth Transportation Comm'r v. Glass</name><case_number>042192</case_number><citation></citation><date>2005-06-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058949/commonwealth-transportation-commr-v-glass/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: All the Justices .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Slaey v. Harrington (In re Slaey)</name><case_number>Bankruptcy No. 13-10541-RGM; Civil Action No. 1:14cv1210</case_number><citation>539 B.R. 500</citation><date>2015-09-01</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8338762/slaey-v-harrington-in-re-slaey/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
