Constitution of Virginia

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foundational law legal document state constitution

The Constitution of Virginia is the fundamental governing document that outlines the structure, powers, and limitations of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s state government and guarantees rights to its citizens.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Constitution of Virginia canonical 28
Virginia Constitution 5
1830 Constitution of Virginia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ
amendedBy constitutional amendment ⓘ
amendmentProcessIncludes approval by Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
ratification by Virginia voters ⓘ
appliesTo state government of Virginia ⓘ
contains Bill of Rights ⓘ
surface form: Bill of Rights section

Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ
article on education ⓘ
article on executive branch ⓘ
article on judicial branch ⓘ
article on legislative branch ⓘ
article on local government ⓘ
article on suffrage and elections ⓘ
article on taxation and finance ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentVersionAdopted 1971 ⓘ
defines limitations of Virginia state government ⓘ
powers of Virginia state government ⓘ
structure of Virginia state government ⓘ
establishes General Assembly of Virginia ⓘ
Governor of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Governor of Virginia

Supreme Court of Virginia ⓘ
local government framework in Virginia ⓘ
system of lower courts in Virginia ⓘ
governs executive branch of Virginia ⓘ
judicial branch of Virginia ⓘ
legislative branch of Virginia ⓘ
guarantees civil rights of Virginia citizens ⓘ
due process rights ⓘ
equal protection rights ⓘ
political rights of Virginia citizens ⓘ
influenced Bill of Rights ⓘ
surface form: United States Bill of Rights
inspiredBy Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ
jurisdiction Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
previousVersionAdopted Virginia Constitution of 1776 ⓘ
surface form: 1776 Constitution of Virginia

Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1830 Constitution of Virginia

Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1851 Constitution of Virginia

Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1864 Constitution of Virginia

Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1870 Constitution of Virginia

Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1902 Constitution of Virginia
providesFor budget and finance procedures of Virginia ⓘ
public education system in Virginia ⓘ
taxation powers of Virginia ⓘ
ratifiedBy voters of Virginia ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional interpretation by Supreme Court of Virginia ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia → governingLaw → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Governor of Virginia → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia General Assembly → governedByDocument → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia state government → operatesUnder → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Stafford County Sheriff’s Office → follows → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Constitution
Virginia Constitution of 1776 → supersededBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Constitution of 1830
Virginia Constitution of 1776 → partiallyRevisedBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia constitutional amendments of 1830
Charter of Fairfax County, Virginia → subjectTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Judicial System of Virginia → governingDocument → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Rules of Court → authorizedBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County → legalBasis → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Court of Appeals of Virginia → establishedBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Court of Appeals of Virginia → enforces → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Constitution of Virginia → previousVersionAdopted → Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1830 Constitution of Virginia
Constitution of Virginia → previousVersionAdopted → Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1851 Constitution of Virginia
Constitution of Virginia → previousVersionAdopted → Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1864 Constitution of Virginia
Constitution of Virginia → previousVersionAdopted → Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1870 Constitution of Virginia
Constitution of Virginia → previousVersionAdopted → Constitution of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1902 Constitution of Virginia
Virginia House of Delegates → isSubjectTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Constitution
Supreme Court of Virginia → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Alexandria City Council → subordinateTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia militia → legalBasis → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia state constitution
Attorney General of Virginia → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Senate → establishedBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Council of State of Virginia (ex officio) → legalBasis → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia → hasOathTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
York County government → legalAuthorityFrom → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Caroline County government → legalBasis → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Fairfax County Circuit Court → governingLaw → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office → governingLaw → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Manassas Park City Council → subjectTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia law → governedBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia law → hasSource → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Constitution
House of Delegates chamber → associatedWith → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Constitution
16th Judicial Circuit of Virginia → governedBy → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Greene County Sheriff’s Office → follows → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Constitution
Stafford County government → subjectTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Fauquier County government → subjectTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Lynchburg City Council → subordinateTo → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ
Alexandria Circuit Court → governingLaw → Constitution of Virginia ⓘ