{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1093","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1093.","heading":"Definitions","status":null,"guid":"idbcaddfa5-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 100–606, § 2(a), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3046.)","seq_in_title":441,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch50A","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch50A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 50A—","heading":"GENOCIDE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id83c4a129-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093\"><num value=\"1093\">§ 1093.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">As used in this chapter—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a12a-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> the term “children” means the plural and means individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen years;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a12b-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the term “ethnic group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common cultural traditions or heritage;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a12c-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> 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;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a12d-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> the term “members” means the plural;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a12e-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/5\"><num value=\"5\">(5)</num><content> the term “national group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of nationality or national origins;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a12f-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/6\"><num value=\"6\">(6)</num><content> the term “racial group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of physical characteristics or biological descent;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a130-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/7\"><num value=\"7\">(7)</num><content> 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</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83c4a131-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1093/8\"><num value=\"8\">(8)</num><content> 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.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id83c4a132-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/606/s2/a\">Pub. L. 100–606, § 2(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1988-11-04\">Nov. 4, 1988</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/102/3046\">102 Stat. 3046</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"113-47","currency_date":"2013-10-31","congress":113,"law_num":47,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":6,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","31"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}