United States Code Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

§ 1093. Definitions

§ 1093.

Definitions

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.