(a)In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)“Break” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.
(c)(1) “Burglar’s tool” means a tool, instrument, or device adapted, designed, or used to commit or facilitate the commission of a burglary crime.
(2)“Burglar’s tool” includes:
(i)a picklock, key, crowbar, prybar, jack, or bit;
(ii)explosive material including nitroglycerine, dynamite, or gunpowder; and
(iii)a device capable of burning through metal, concrete, or other solid material, including an acetylene torch, electric arc, burning bar, thermal lance, or oxygen lance.
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(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Break” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.
(c) (1) “Burglar’s tool” means a tool, instrument, or device adapted, designed, or used to commit or facilitate the commission of a burglary crime.
(2) “Burglar’s tool” includes:
(i) a picklock, key, crowbar, prybar, jack, or bit;
(ii) explosive material including nitroglycerine, dynamite, or gunpowder; and
(iii) a device capable of burning through metal, concrete, or other solid material, including an acetylene torch, electric arc, burning bar, thermal lance, or oxygen lance.
(d) “Crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of this article.
(e) “Dwelling” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.
(f) “Enter” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.
(g) (1) “Firearm” includes:
(i) a handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, and short-barreled rifle, as those terms are defined in § 4-201 of this article;
(ii) a machine gun, as defined in § 4-401 of this article; and
(iii) a regulated firearm, as defined in § 5-101 of the Public Safety Article.
(2) “Firearm” does not include a firearm that has been modified to be permanently inoperative.
(h) (1) “Storehouse” retains its judicially determined meaning.
(2) “Storehouse” includes:
(i) a building or other construction, or a watercraft;
(ii) a barn, stable, pier, wharf, and any facility attached to a pier or wharf;
(iii) a storeroom or public building; and
(iv) a trailer, aircraft, vessel, or railroad car.