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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376998</law_id><section_number>8.01-227.21</section_number><catch_line>Common law regarding minors</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="27" identifier="25">Winter Sports Safety Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing in this article shall abrogate Virginia <span class="dictionary">common law</span> regarding either (i) the capacity of a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> to be contributorily negligent or to assume a risk or (ii) the standard for measuring the conduct of a <span class="dictionary">minor</span>.</p></section></text><history>2012, c. 713.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
