8.01-216.2 - Definitions.
§ 8.01-216.2. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of Virginia, the ChiefDeputy, other deputies, counsels or assistant attorneys general employed bythe Office of the Attorney General and designated by the Attorney General toact pursuant to this article.
"Claim" means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise,for money or property that is made to a contractor, grantee, or otherrecipient if the Commonwealth provides any portion of the money or propertythat is requested or demanded, or if the Commonwealth will reimburse suchcontractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money orproperty that is requested or demanded.
"Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Virginia, any agency of stategovernment, and any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
"Documentary material" means the original or any copy of any book, record,report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or otherdocument, or data compilations stored in or accessible through computer orother information retrieval systems, together with instructions and all othermaterials necessary to use or interpret such data compilations, and anyproduct of discovery.
"Investigation" means any inquiry conducted by an investigator for thepurpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in anyviolation of this article.
"Person" includes any natural person, corporation, firm, association,organization, partnership, limited liability company, business or trust.
"Product of discovery" means (i) the original or duplicate of anydeposition, interrogatory, document, thing, result of the inspection of landor other property, examination, or admission, which is obtained by any methodof discovery in any judicial or administrative proceeding of an adversarialnature; (ii) any digest, analysis, selection, compilation, or derivation ofany item listed in clause (i); and (iii) any index or other manner of accessto any item listed in clause (i).
(2002, c. 842.)