Definitions

18 U.S.C. § 1093

• Title: 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
• Chapter: 50A — GENOCIDE

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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.

History

(Added Pub. L. 100–606, §2(a), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3046.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(a)(6), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498, added item 1122.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, §§60005(b), 60009(b)(2), 60012(b), 60015(b), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1970, 1972–1974, added items 1118 to 1121.
1976—Pub. L. 94–467, §3, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1998, substituted "official guests, or internationally protected persons" for "or official guests" in item 1116.
1972—Pub. L. 92–539, title I, §102, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1071, added items 1116 and 1117.