Page:2017 North Dakota Session Laws.pdf/504

Rh 1. "Act" or "action" means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary.

2. "Acted", "acts", and "actions" include, where relevant, "omitted to act" and "omissions to act".

3. "Actor" includes, where relevant, a person guilty of an omission.

4. "Bodily injury" means any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain.

5. "Court" means any of the following courts: the supreme court, a district court, and where relevant, a municipal court.

6. "Dangerous weapon" means, but is not limited to,includes any switchblade or gravity knife, machete, scimitar, stiletto, sword, or dagger; any billy, blackjack, sap, bludgeon, cudgel, metal knuckles, or sand club; any slungshot; any bow and arrow, crossbow, or spear; any weapon whichthat will expel, or is readily capable of expelling, a projectile by the action of a spring, compressed air, or compressed gas including any such weapon, loaded or unloaded, commonly referred to as a BB gun, air rifle, or CO2 gun; and any projector of a bomb or any object containing or capable of producing and emitting any noxious liquid, gas, or substance.

7. "Destructive device" means any explosive, incendiary or poison gas bomb, grenade, mine, rocket, missile, or similar device.

8. "Explosive" means gunpowders, powders used for blasting, all forms of high explosives, blasting materials, fuses (other than electric circuit breakers), detonators and other detonating agents, smokeless powders, and any chemical compounds, mechanical mixture, or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonation of the compound, or material, or any part thereof may cause an explosion.

9. Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 116, § 33.

10. "Firearm" means any weapon whichthat will expel, or is readily capable of expelling, a projectile by the action of an explosive and includes any such weapon, loaded or unloaded, commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, machine gun, shotgun, bazooka, or cannon.

11.10. "Force" means physical action.

12.11. "Government" means:

a. The government of this state or any political subdivision of this state;

b. Any agency, subdivision, or department of the foregoingstate or any political subdivision of the state, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches;

c. Any corporation or other entity established by law to carry on any governmental function; and