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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 1— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 16

§ 16. Crime of violence defined

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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.
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1001(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2136.)
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