Sec. 54-201. Definitions.
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As used in sections 54-201 to 54-235 , inclusive:
(1)“Victim” means a person who is injured or killed as provided in section 54-209 ;
(2)“Personal injury” means
(A)actual bodily harm or emotional harm and includes pregnancy and any condition thereof, or
(B)injury or death to a service animal, as defined in 28 CFR 35.104, as amended from time to time, owned or kept by a person with a disability;
(3)“Dependent” means any relative of a deceased victim or a person designated by a deceased victim in accordance with section 1-56r who was wholly or partially dependent upon his income at the time of his death or the child of a deceased victim and shall include the child of such victim born after his death;
(4)“Relative” means a person's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, child, including a natural born child, stepchild and adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother or half sister or a parent of a person's spouse;
(5)“Crime” means any act which is a felony, as defined in section 53a-25 , or misdemeanor, as defined in section 53a-26 , and includes any crime committed by a juvenile;
(6)“Emotional harm” means a mental or emotional impairment that is directly attributable to a threat of
(A)physical injury, as defined in subdivision
(3)of section 53a-3 , or
(B)death to the affected person; and
(7)“Disability” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-345 .