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RSA 627:9 · Definitions

Title
LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter
627 · JUSTIFICATION
Status
current
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627:9 Definitions. – As used in this chapter:

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I.

"Curtilage" means those outbuildings which are proximately, directly and intimately connected with a dwelling, together with all the land or grounds surrounding the dwelling such as are necessary, convenient, and habitually used for domestic purposes.

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II.

"Deadly force" means any assault or confinement which the actor commits with the purpose of causing or which he knows to create a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury. Purposely firing a firearm capable of causing serious bodily injury or death in the direction of another person or at a vehicle in which another is believed to be constitutes deadly force.

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"Dwelling" means any building, structure, vehicle, boat or other place adapted for overnight accommodation of persons, or sections of any place similarly adapted. It is immaterial whether a person is actually present.

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"Non-deadly force" means any assault or confinement which does not constitute deadly force. The act of producing or displaying a weapon shall constitute non-deadly force. Source. 1971, 518:1. 1981, 347:3. 2011, 268:4, eff. Nov. 13, 2011.

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Source note

Source. 1971, 518:1. 1981, 347:3. 2011, 268:4, eff. Nov. 13, 2011.

Source history

  • 1971, 518:1
  • 1981, 347:3
  • 2011, 268:4, eff. Nov. 13, 2011

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