18 U.S.C. § 232 : US Code - Section 232: Definitions

Search 18 U.S.C. § 232 : US Code - Section 232: Definitions

For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term "civil disorder" means any public disturbance
involving acts of violence by assemblages of three or more persons,
which causes an immediate danger of or results in damage or injury
to the property or person of any other individual.
(2) The term "commerce" means commerce (A) between any State or
the District of Columbia and any place outside thereof; (B) between
points within any State or the District of Columbia, but through
any place outside thereof; or (C) wholly within the District of
Columbia.
(3) The term "federally protected function" means any function,
operation, or action carried out, under the laws of the United
States, by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States or by an officer or employee thereof; and such term shall
specifically include, but not be limited to, the collection and
distribution of the United States mails.
(4) The term "firearm" means any weapon which is designed to or
may readily be converted to expel any projectile by the action of
an explosive; or the frame or receiver of any such weapon.
(5) The term "explosive or incendiary device" means (A) dynamite
and all other forms of high explosives, (B) any explosive bomb,
grenade, missile, or similar device, and (C) any incendiary bomb or
grenade, fire bomb, or similar device, including any device which
(i) consists of or includes a breakable container including a
flammable liquid or compound, and a wick composed of any material
which, when ignited, is capable of igniting such flammable liquid
or compound, and (ii) can be carried or thrown by one individual
acting alone.
(6) The term "fireman" means any member of a fire department
(including a volunteer fire department) of any State, any political
subdivision of a State, or the District of Columbia.
(7) The term "law enforcement officer" means any officer or
employee of the United States, any State, any political subdivision
of a State, or the District of Columbia, while engaged in the
enforcement or prosecution of any of the criminal laws of the
United States, a State, any political subdivision of a State, or
the District of Columbia; and such term shall specifically include
members of the National Guard (as defined in section 101 of title
10), members of the organized militia of any State, or territory of
the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District
of Columbia not included within the National Guard (as defined in
section 101 of title 10), and members of the Armed Forces of the
United States, while engaged in suppressing acts of violence or
restoring law and order during a civil disorder.
(8) The term "State" includes a State of the United States, and
any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.