Criminal force defined as causing motion or contact by bodily power, disposed substance, or induced animal causing contact. A person uses force when he causes motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion to another, or causes a substance to move so it contacts the other's body, clothing, carriage, or anything affecting that person's sense of feeling; such motion must be caused by (a) the actor's bodily power, (b) disposing a substance so the motion occurs without further act, or (c) inducing an animal to move, change motion, or cease to move.
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Criminal force defined as causing motion or contact by bodily power, disposed substance, or induced animal causing contact.
A person uses force when he causes motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion to another, or causes a substance to move so it contacts the other's body, clothing, carriage, or anything affecting that person's sense of feeling; such motion must be caused by (a) the actor's bodily power, (b) disposing a substance so the motion occurs without further act, or (c) inducing an animal to move, change motion, or cease to move.
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