{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-446","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-446","heading":"Definitions","body":"The following words and phrases when used in this article shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section except where the context clearly requires a different meaning:(1) \"Benefits\" means a gain or advantage, or anything regarded by the beneficiary as a gain or advantage, including a benefit to any other person or entity in whose welfare he is interested, but shall not mean an advantage promised generally to a group or class of voters as a consequence of public measures which a candidate engages to support or oppose;(2) \"Party official\" means a person who holds an elective or appointive post in a political party in the United States by virtue of which he directs or conducts, or participates in directing or conducting party affairs at any level of responsibility;(3) \"Pecuniary benefit\" means a benefit in the form of money, property, commercial interest or anything else the primary significance of which is economic gain;(4) \"Public servant\" means any officer or employee of this Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, including members of the General Assembly and judges, and any person participating as a juror, advisor, consultant or otherwise, in performing any governmental function; but the term does not include witnesses;(5) \"Administrative proceeding\" means any proceeding other than a judicial proceeding, the outcome of which is required to be based on a record or documentation prescribed by law including specifically, but not limited to, proceedings before a planning commission and board of zoning appeals.Code 1950, § 18.1-282.1; 1968, c. 552; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 10. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE","Article 3. BRIBERY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PARTY OFFICIALS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-446/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"446bce4c7c8bda58857b1f9b3b509c2db777af946f7861672ad637a0903d3290","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-445","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-447"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}