(1) "Statute" includes the Constitution of the State and a local law or ordinance of a political subdivision of the State;

(2) "Act" or "action" means a bodily movement whether voluntary or involuntary;

(3) "Omission" means a failure to act;

(4) "Conduct" means an act or omission, or, where relevant, a series of acts or a series of omissions, or a series of acts and omissions;

(5) "Actor" includes, a person who acts, or, where relevant, a person guilty of omission;

(6) "Acted" includes, where relevant, "omitted to act";

(7) "Person," "he," "him," "actor," and "defendant" include any natural person and, where relevant, a corporation or an unincorporated association;

(8) "Another" means any other person and includes, where relevant, the United States, this State and any of its political subdivisions, and any other state and any of its political subdivisions;

(9) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States; and

(10) "Law enforcement officer" means any public servant, whether employed by the State or county or by the United States, vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or, to make arrests for offenses or to enforce the criminal laws, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to a specific class of offenses. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 91, §2]