Definitions

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  • As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning—
    • “arson” means the willful and malicious burning of a building of another with intent to destroy it; “bomb” means any explosive, incendiary or poison gas device that may be detonated under specified conditions. “building” means any vehicle, house, edifice, structure, vessel, or other erection, capable of affording shelter to human beings, or appurtenant to or connected with an erection so adapted; “building of another” means a building, or any part thereof, which at the time of the burning, was rightfully in the possession of, or was actually occupied by, a person other than the accused, and does not mean that a person other than the accused shall have had ownership in the building; “burns” means applying fire so as to take effect upon any part of the substance of the building and does not mean that the building shall have been destroyed; and “chemical, biological or radioactive substance” means any such substance which by its composition or use may be harmful to human life. “inhabited building” means any building which has usually been occupied by any person lodging therein at night.


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