{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s21701","title":34,"num":"\u00a7\u202f21701.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f21701.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter\u2014\n(1) the terms \u201cabuse\u201d, \u201cadult protective services\u201d, \u201celder\u201d, \u201celder justice\u201d, \u201cexploitation\u201d, \u201claw enforcement\u201d, and \u201cneglect\u201d have the meanings given those terms in\nsection 1397j of title 42\n(2) the term \u201celder abuse\u201d includes abuse, neglect, and exploitation of an elder; and\n(3) the term \u201cState\u201d means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t34/s21701.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s21701","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f21701."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s21701/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the terms \u201cabuse\u201d, \u201cadult protective services\u201d, \u201celder\u201d, \u201celder justice\u201d, \u201cexploitation\u201d, \u201claw enforcement\u201d, and \u201cneglect\u201d have the meanings given those terms in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1397j of title 42","href":"/us/usc/t42/s1397j","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s21701/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201celder abuse\u201d includes abuse, neglect, and exploitation of an elder; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s21701/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cState\u201d means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}