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To: looscnnn
My post was to show that a lawyer could argue against the terrorist act charges. The lawyer would just have to convince the jury that the dad was not shooting at an occupiable structure (possibly using city/county property codes and/or real estate terms) or that he did not intend to harm anyone with the shots.

Unless a term is defined in the law, it is given its dictionary and/or common definition, not one related to local codes or real estate terms. To do otherwise would make the law change from city-to-city within a state: A no-no.

476 posted on 08/03/2007 2:26:43 PM PDT by BearCub
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To: BearCub

A bedroom is not a structure, the building (house) is the structure a bedroom is a part of the structure. From http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/structure.htm A structure is defined as the physical development made in a land with a purpose to provide accommodation . For a construction or development to be a structure it must have an enclosure and a roof with provisions for entering within it. A structure is the first stage of construction of any building.

From http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/structure anything built on land from a shed to a highrise.


482 posted on 08/03/2007 3:40:38 PM PDT by looscnnn (DU is VD for the brain.)
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