For purposes of this code the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
AND. May be read OR, and OR may be read AND, if the sense requires it. (R.C. § 1.02 (F))
ANOTHER. When used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. (R.C. § 1.02 (B))
CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, or MUNICIPALITY. When used in this code, shall denote the municipality irrespective of its population or legal classification.
COUNCIL. The legislative authority of the municipality.
COUNTY. The county or counties in which the municipality is located.
IMPRISONED. Shall have the same meaning as in R.C. § 1.05.
INTERNET. The international computer network of both federal and non-federal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web. (R.C. § 1.59)
KEEPER or PROPRIETOR. Includes all persons, whether acting by themselves or as a servant, agent, or employee.
LAND or REAL ESTATE. Includes rights and easements of incorporeal nature. (R.C. § 701.01 (F))
MAY. Is permissive.
OATH. Includes affirmation; and SWEAR includes affirm. (R.C. § 1.59, § 701.01)
OWNER. When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, or tenant in common of the whole or part of such property.
PERSON. Includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. (R.C.§ 1.59 (C), § 701.01)
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes all property except real.
PLAN OF SEWERAGE, SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE, SEWER, and SEWERS. Includes sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor. (R.C. § 701.01)
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
PROPERTY. Includes real, personal, mixed estates, and interests. (R.C. § 701.01 (E))
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Includes boards of education; the municipal, county, state, or federal government, its officers, or an agency thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
PUBLIC PLACE. Includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any other place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation, or amusement.
R.C. or REVISED CODE. Refers to the Revised Code of Ohio.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes certified mail; and CERTIFIED MAIL includes registered mail. (R.C. § 1.02 (G))
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SIDEWALK. That portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE. The State of Ohio.
STREET. Includes alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads, highways, viaducts, and all other public thoroughfares within the municipality.
TENANT or OCCUPANT. As applied to premises, includes any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of such premises, alone or with others.
WEEK. Seven consecutive days. (R.C. § 1.44)
WHOEVER. Includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. (R.C. § 1.02 (A))
WRITTEN or IN WRITING. Includes printing and any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. (R.C. § 1.59, § 701.01 (J))
YEAR. 12 consecutive months. (R.C. § 1.44)
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