Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 12.1-22 - Robbery - Breaking and Entering Offenses

• 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
• Bodily injury: means any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Individual: means a human being. 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
• 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
• person: includes , where relevant, a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04
• Possesses: means an individual has:

  a. See North Dakota Code 12.1-01-04

• Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• 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
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.