{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-1-255","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 1-255","heading":"United States","body":"\"United States\" includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.Code 1919, § 5; Code 1950, § 1-13; 1950, p. 24, § 1-13.31; 2005, c. 839.","path":["Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Chapter 2.1. COMMON LAW AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION","Article 2. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/1-255/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:09Z","sha256":"b1afe549c054e0d4cda9864bf6c901d3793d9dad8fc6f720ca6fe421cf653120","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-1-254","next":"us-va/va.-code-1-256"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}