Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 12.1-17 - Assaults - Threats - Coercion - Harassment

• action: means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Actor: includes , where relevant, a person guilty of an omission. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bodily injury: means any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Court: means any of the following courts: the supreme court, a district court, and where relevant, a municipal court. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Destructive device: means any explosive, incendiary or poison gas bomb, grenade, mine, rocket, missile, or similar device. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Female: means a girl, woman, or an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Firearm: means any weapon that will expel, or is readily capable of expelling, a projectile by the action of an explosive and includes any such weapon, loaded or unloaded, commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, machine gun, shotgun, bazooka, or cannon. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Force: means physical action. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Harm: means loss, disadvantage, or injury to the person affected, and includes loss, disadvantage, or injury to any other person in whose welfare the person affected is interested. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Male: means a boy, man, or an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce sperm. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Offense: means conduct for which a term of imprisonment or a fine is authorized by statute after conviction. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Official action: includes a decision, opinion, recommendation, vote, or other exercise of discretion by any government agency. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• peace officer: means a public servant authorized by law or by a government agency or branch to enforce the law and to conduct or engage in investigations or prosecutions for violations of law. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Penitentiary: includes any affiliated facilities. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• person: includes , where relevant, a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Political subdivision: as used in this title and in any statute outside this title which defines an offense means a county, city, school district, township, and any other local governmental entity created by law. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Public servant: as used in this title and in any statute outside this title which defines an offense means any officer or employee of government, including law enforcement officers, whether elected or appointed, and any person participating in the performance of a governmental function. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Serious bodily injury: means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious permanent disfigurement, unconsciousness, extreme pain, permanent loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, a bone fracture, or impediment of air flow or blood flow to the brain or lungs. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's nonambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous hormone profiles at birth. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Substantial bodily injury: means a substantial temporary disfigurement, loss, or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49