<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>
<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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