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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in Sections 97-3-119 through 97-3-119.5, the following words have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) “Adult” means a person eighteen (18) years or older.
(b) “Minor” means any person under eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the alleged offense.
(c) “Great bodily injury” means bodily injury which causes a substantial risk of death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ.
(d) “Private image” means an image depicting sexually explicit nudity, sexual activity, sexual conduct as defined in Section 97-29-64, sexually explicit conduct as defined in Section 97-5-31, or sexual intercourse as defined in Section 97-3-65.
(e) “Image” means a photograph, film, videotape, recording, live transmission, digital or computer-generated visual depiction, or any other reproduction made by electronic, mechanical or other means.
(f) “Electronic mail” means the transmission of information or communication by the use of the Internet, a computer, a facsimile machine, a pager, a cellular telephone, a video recorder or other electronic means sent to a person identified by a unique address or address number and received by that person.
(g) “Electronic communication” means any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature, transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, computer, electromagnetic, photoelectric or photo-optical system.
(h) “Disclose” means exhibit, transfer, publicize, distribute or reproduce.
(i) “Vulnerable person” has the same meaning as in Section 43-47-5.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 97. Crimes § 97-3-119.1 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-97-crimes/ms-code-sect-97-3-119-1/
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