Colorado Statutes

§ 18-3-502 — Definitions

Colorado·Title 18 Criminal·Art. Offenses Against the Person

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Adult means a person eighteen years of age or older.
(2)Coercing means inducing a person to act or to refrain from acting, if the inducement is accomplished by any one or more of the following means:
(a)The use or threat of the use of force against, abduction of, causing of serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person;
(b)The use of a plan, pattern, or statement for the purpose of causing the person to believe that failure to perform the act or failure to refrain from performing the act will result in the use of force against, abduction of, causing of serious harm to, or physical restraint of that person or another person;
(c)Using or threatening to use the law or the legal process, whether administrat

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Legislative History

Source: L. 2014: Entire part R&RE, (HB 14-1273), ch. 282, p. 1144, � 1 effective July 1. L. 2017: (11.5) added, (HB 17-1072), ch. 250, p. 1049, � 1, effective September 1.

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