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18 Cards in this Set
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Act
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a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes speech.
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Actor
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a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. Whenever the term "suspect" is used in this code, it means "actor.
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Agency
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includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, district, division, and office.
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Alcoholic beverage
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has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
"alcohol, or any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume, which is capable of use for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted." |
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Another
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a person other than the actor.
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Association
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a government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest.
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Benefit
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anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including benefit to any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested.
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Bodily injury
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physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
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Coercion
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a threat, however communicated:
(A) to commit an offense; (B) to inflict bodily injury in the future on the person threatened or another; (C) to accuse a person of any offense; (D) to expose a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule; (E) to harm the credit or business repute of any person; or (F) to take or withhold action as a public servant, or to cause a public servant to take or withhold action. |
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Conduct
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means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state.
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Consent
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assent in fact, whether express or apparent.
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Controlled substance
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has the meaning assigned by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code [follows].
a substance, including a drug, an adulterant, and a dilutant, listed in Schedules I through V or Penalty Groups 1, 1-A, or 2 through 4. The term includes the aggregate weight of any mixture, solution, or other substance containing a controlled substance. (6) "Controlled substance analogue" means: (A) a substance with a chemical structure substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II or Penalty Group 1, 1-A, or 2; or (B) a substance specifically designed to produce an effect substantially similar to, or greater than, the effect of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II or Penalty Group 1, 1-A, or 2. (7) "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance that, without authorization, bears or is in a container or has a label that bears an actual or simulated trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed the substance. |
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Corporation
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includes nonprofit corporations, professional associations created pursuant to statute, and joint stock companies.
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Correctional facility
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a place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense. The term includes:
(A) a municipal or county jail; (B) a confinement facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; (C) a confinement facility operated under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and (D) a community corrections facility operated by a community supervision and corrections department. |
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Criminal negligence
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is defined in Section 6.03 (Culpable Mental States).
Sec. 6.03. DEFINITIONS OF CULPABLE MENTAL STATES. ... (d) A person acts with criminal negligence, or is criminally negligent, with respect to circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the actor's standpoint. [I will do the rest if someone is interested and asks...sirdavid[at]ktc[dot]com. |
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Dangerous drug
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has the meaning assigned by Section 483.001, Health and Safety Code.
§ 483.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: ... (2) "Dangerous drug" means a device or a drug that is unsafe for self-medication and that is not included in Schedules I through V or Penalty Groups 1 through 4 of Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act). The term includes a device or a drug that bears or is required to bear the legend: (A) "Caution: federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or "Rx only" or another legend that complies with federal law; or (B) "Caution: federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian." |
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Deadly weapon
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(A) a firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury; or
(B) anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury. |
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Drug
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has the meaning assigned by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code [follows].
16) "Drug" means a substance, other than a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device, that is: (A) recognized as a drug in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, official National Formulary, or a supplement to either pharmacopoeia or the formulary; (B) intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals; (C) intended to affect the structure or function of the body of man or animals but is not food; or (D) intended for use as a component of a substance described by Paragraph (A), (B), or (C). |