509.010 Definitions.

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The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)"Relative" means a parent, ancestor, brother, sister, uncle or aunt.

(2)"Restrain" means to restrict another person's movements in such a manner as to

cause a substantial interference with his liberty by moving him from one place to

another or by confining him either in the place where the restriction commences or

in a place to which he has been moved without consent. A person is moved or

confined "without consent" when the movement or confinement is accomplished by

physical force, intimidation, or deception, or by any means, including acquiescence

of a victim, if he is under the age of sixteen

(16)years, or is substantially incapable

of appraising or controlling his own behavior.