VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 37.260
Bodily Injury—Definition
Bodily injury is an act that damages, harms, or hurts the body; is an impairment of a function of
a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty; is an act of impairment of a physical condition; is an
unjust or undeserved infliction of suffering or harm; or is any bodily hurt, whatsoever. The victim
need not experience any observable wounds, cuts, bruises, broken bones, or breaking of the skin.
Bodily injury includes internal as well as external injuries to the body.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Criminal, Release 26, October 2025. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- crim-2025-10-01
- Content hash
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