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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-601

Definitions

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 2020 Ark. App. 523 - Durrell Barnum v. State of Arkansas (2020)

Most recently applied in 2020 Ark. App. 523 - Durrell Barnum v. State of Arkansas (November 2020)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 501; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-501.

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Common carrier” means any vehicle used to transport for hire any member of the public;

(2) “Deadly physical force” means physical force that under the circumstances in which it is used is readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury;

(3) “Dwelling” means an enclosed space that is used or intended to be used as a human habitation, home, or residence on a temporary or permanent basis;

(4) “Minor” means any person under eighteen (18) years of age;

(5) “Occupiable structure” means a vehicle, building, or other structure: Where any person lives or carries on a business or other calling;

(6) Where people assemble for a purpose of business, government, education, religion, entertainment, or public transportation; or

(7) That is customarily used for overnight accommodation of a person whether or not a person is actually present.

(8) “Occupiable structure” includes each unit of an occupiable structure divided into a separately occupied unit;

(9) “Physical force” means: Any bodily impact, restraint, or confinement; or

(10) The threat of any bodily impact, restraint, or confinement;

(11) “Premises” means: An occupiable structure; or

(12) Any real property;

(13) “Unlawful physical force” means physical force that is employed without the consent of the person against whom it is directed and the employment of the physical force constitutes a criminal offense or tort or would constitute a criminal offense or tort except for a defense other than the defense of justification or privilege; and

(14) “Vehicle” means any craft or device designed for the transportation of a person or property across land or water or through the air.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.