516.010 Definitions.
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The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)"Coin machine" means a coin box, turnstile, vending machine, or other mechanical
or electronic device or receptacle designed:
(a)To receive a coin or bill or token made for the purpose; and
(b)In return for the insertion or deposit thereof, automatically to offer, provide,
assist in providing, or permit the acquisition of property or service;
(2)"Complete written instrument" means a written instrument which purports to be a
genuine written instrument fully drawn with respect to every essential feature
thereof;
(3)"Controlled substance" has the same meaning as it does in KRS 218A.010;
(4)"Incomplete written instrument" means a written instrument which contains some
matter by way of content or authentication but which requires additional matter in
order to render it a complete written instrument;
(5)To "falsely alter" a written instrument means to change, without the authority of
anyone entitled to grant it, a written instrument, whether it be in complete or
incomplete form, by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new
matter, transposition of matter, or in any other manner, so that such instrument in its
thus altered form appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or
fully authorized by its ostensible maker or drawer;
(6)To "falsely complete" a written instrument means to transform, by adding, inserting
or changing matter, an incomplete written instrument into a complete one, without
the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, so that the complete instrument appears
or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or fully authorized by its
ostensible maker or drawer;
(7)To "falsely make" a written instrument means to make or draw a complete written
instrument in its entirety or an incomplete written instrument, which purports to be
an authentic creation of its ostensible maker or drawer, but which is not either
because the ostensible maker or drawer is fictitious or because, if real, he did not
authorize the making or drawing thereof;
(8)"Forged instrument" means a written instrument which has been falsely made,
completed, or altered;
(9)"Slug" means an object or article which by virtue of its size, shape, or any other
quality is capable of being inserted, deposited, or otherwise used in a coin machine
as an improper substitute for a genuine coin, bill, or token;
(10)"Value of the slug" means the value of the coin, bill, or token for which it is capable
of being substituted; and
(11)"Written instrument" means any instrument or article containing written or printed
matter or its equivalent used for the purpose of reciting, embodying, conveying, or
recording information, or constituting a symbol or evidence of value, right,
privilege, or identification, which is capable of being used to the advantage or
disadvantage of some person.