Arizona Laws 13-3211. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3211
- Conduct: means an act or omission and its accompanying culpable mental state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Enterprise: includes any corporation, association, labor union or other legal entity. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Operate and maintain: means to organize, design, perpetuate or control. See Arizona Laws 13-3211
- Oral sexual contact: means oral contact with the penis, vulva or anus. See Arizona Laws 13-3211
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Prostitution: means engaging in or agreeing or offering to engage in sexual conduct under a fee arrangement with any person for money or any other valuable consideration. See Arizona Laws 13-3211
- Sadomasochistic abuse: means flagellation or torture by or on a person who is nude or clad in undergarments or in revealing or bizarre costume or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed. See Arizona Laws 13-3211
- Sexual contact: means any direct or indirect fondling or manipulating of any part of the genitals, anus or female breast. See Arizona Laws 13-3211
- Sexual intercourse: means penetration into the penis, vulva or anus by any part of the body or by any object. See Arizona Laws 13-3211
- Unlawful: means contrary to law or, where the context so requires, not allowed by law. See Arizona Laws 13-105
1. "Employee" means a person who conducts lawful or unlawful business for another person under a master-servant relationship or as an independent contractor and who is compensated by wages, commissions, tips or other valuable consideration.
2. "House of prostitution" means any building, structure or place that is used for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness or where acts of prostitution occur.
3. "Operate and maintain" means to organize, design, perpetuate or control. Operate and maintain includes providing financial support by paying utilities, rent, maintenance costs or advertising costs, supervising activities or work schedules, and directing or furthering the aims of the enterprise.
4. "Oral sexual contact" means oral contact with the penis, vulva or anus.
5. "Prostitution" means engaging in or agreeing or offering to engage in sexual conduct under a fee arrangement with any person for money or any other valuable consideration.
6. "Prostitution enterprise" means any corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity or any group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity engaged in providing prostitution services.
7. "Sadomasochistic abuse" means flagellation or torture by or on a person who is nude or clad in undergarments or in revealing or bizarre costume or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed.
8. "Sexual conduct" means sexual contact, sexual intercourse, oral sexual contact or sadomasochistic abuse.
9. "Sexual contact" means any direct or indirect fondling or manipulating of any part of the genitals, anus or female breast.
10. "Sexual intercourse" means penetration into the penis, vulva or anus by any part of the body or by any object.