Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 529 - Prostitution Offenses

• Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process: means the use or threatened use of a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, in order to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Commercial sexual activity: means :
  (a) Any sex act, for which anything of value is given to, promised to, or received by any person. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Debt bondage: means the status or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal services or of those of a person under his or her control as a security for the debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and defined. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Forced labor or services: means labor or services that are performed or provided by another person and that are obtained through force, fraud, or coercion. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Human trafficking: refers to criminal activity whereby one (1) or more persons are subjected to engaging in:
  (a) Forced labor or services. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Labor: means work of economic or financial value. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Minor: means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Serious harm: means any harm, whether physical or nonphysical, including psychological, financial, or reputational harm, that is sufficiently serious to compel a reasonable person to perform or to continue performing commercial sexual activity in order to avoid incurring that harm. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Services: means an ongoing relationship between a person and the actor in which the person performs activities under the supervision of or for the benefit of the actor. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Sexually explicit performance: means a performance of sexual conduct involving: (a) Acts of masturbation, homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, sexual
  intercourse, or deviant sexual intercourse, actual or simulated. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
  that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Victim of human trafficking: is a person who has been subjected to human trafficking. See Kentucky Statutes 529.010
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010