Definiciones Clave del Código Penal de Texas

Sec. 1.07. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this code: (1) "Act" means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes speech. (2) "Actor" means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. Whenever the term "suspect" is used in this code, it means "actor." (3) "Agency" includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, district, division, and office. (4) "Alcoholic beverage" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code. (5) "Another" means a person other than the actor. (6) "Association" means a government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest. (7) "Benefit" means anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including benefit to any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested. (8) "Bodily injury" means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. (8-a) "Civil commitment facility" means a facility owned, leased, or operated by the state, or by a vendor under contract with the state, that houses only persons who have been civilly committed as sexually violent predators under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code. (9) "Coercion" means 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;