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Crimes and Criminal Procedure - 18 USC Section 16

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01/19/04


Sec. 16. Crime of violence defined


The term "crime of violence" means -

(a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use,
or threatened use of physical force against the person or
property of another, or

(b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature,
involves a substantial risk that physical force against the
person or property of another may be used in the course of
committing the offense.

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