2021 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 50A - Genocide
Sec. 1093 - Definitions
| 18 U.S.C. § 1093 (2021) |
| §1093. Definitions |
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As used in this chapter— (1) the term "children" means the plural and means individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen years; (2) the term "ethnic group" means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common cultural traditions or heritage; (3) the term "incites" means urges another to engage imminently in conduct in circumstances under which there is a substantial likelihood of imminently causing such conduct; (4) the term "members" means the plural; (5) the term "national group" means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of nationality or national origins; (6) the term "racial group" means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of physical characteristics or biological descent; (7) the term "religious group" means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals; and (8) the term "substantial part" means a part of a group of such numerical significance that the destruction or loss of that part would cause the destruction of the group as a viable entity within the nation of which such group is a part. |
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(Added Pub. L. 100–606, §2(a), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3046.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 50A - GENOCIDE Sec. 1093 - Definitions |
| section 1093 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| standard |
| 102 Stat. 3046 |
| Public Law 100-606 |
