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Vermont Statutes Title 13. Crimes and Criminal Procedure, § 1603. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) “Destructive device” means any:

(A) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb; or

(B) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas grenade; or

(C) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces; or

(D) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce; or

(E) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas mine; or

(F) device that consists of or includes a breakable container including a flammable liquid or compound, and a wick composed of any material that, when ignited, is capable of igniting the flammable liquid or compound, and can be carried or thrown by one individual acting alone; or

(G) device similar to those devices enumerated in subdivisions (1) and (1)(A)-(E) of this section.

A destructive device does not include a firearm or ammunition therefor.

(2) “Explosive” means dynamite, or any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, or fulminate in bulk or dry condition, or blasting caps, or detonating fuses, or blasting powder, or any other similar explosive. The term does not include a firearm or ammunition therefor or any components of ammunition for a firearm including primers, smokeless powder, or black gunpowder.

(3) “Hoax device” means any device so designed, assembled, fabricated, or manufactured as to convey the physical appearance of an explosive or incendiary bomb or the physical appearance of any of the devices enumerated in subdivisions (1)(A)--(F) of this section that is lacking an explosive or incendiary charge.

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