                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER (§ 17.1-900)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

&#8220;Commission&#8221; means the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission
provided for in Article VI, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.

&#8220;Judge&#8221; means a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of
Appeals, judge of a circuit or district court, member of the State Corporation
Commission, or a member of the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission
and includes (i) persons who have been elected or appointed to be judges but
have not taken the oath of office as judge as well as persons who have taken
such oath, (ii) judges designated under § 17.1-105, (iii) judges under
temporary recall under § 17.1-106, (iv) judges pro tempore under § 17.1-109
and (v) special justices appointed pursuant to § 37.2-803, all of whom shall be
subject to investigations and proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.

&#8220;Term&#8221; means (i) the period of time between either election or
appointment of service as a judge and the first taking of the oath of office,
(ii) each period of time for which the person was either elected or appointed as
a judge, and (iii) any period of time after retirement during which the person
hears cases as a retired judge.

HISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 154, § 2.1-37.1; 1984, c. 703; 2001, cc. 113, 844;
2004, c. 363.