Section 15.00. Culpability; definitions of terms  


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  • The following definitions are applicable to this chapter:
        1. "Act" means a bodily movement.
        2.  "Voluntary act" means a bodily movement performed consciously as a
      result of effort  or  determination,  and  includes  the  possession  of
      property  if  the  actor was aware of his physical possession or control
      thereof for a sufficient period to have been able to terminate it.
        3. "Omission" means a failure to perform an act as to which a duty  of
      performance is imposed by law.
        4.  "Conduct"  means  an  act  or omission and its accompanying mental
      state.
        5. "To act" means either to perform an act or to omit  to  perform  an
      act.
        6.  "Culpable  mental  state"  means "intentionally" or "knowingly" or
      "recklessly" or with "criminal negligence," as these terms  are  defined
      in section 15.05.