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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 26-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="26-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">As used in this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless their context clearly indicates otherwise.</para>
    <para num="(b)" />
    <para num="(c)" heading="City.">“City” means the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the body corporate as established by &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter"&gt;the Charter of Baltimore City&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Task Force.">“Task Force” means the Mayor’s Task Force on Community Collaboration to Overcome Violence.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Violence.">“Violence” means:<para num="(1)">the harmful use of physical or emotional force by an individual or group against another; also</para>
      <para num="(2)">the creation and/or maintenance of conditions that degrade individuals, families, groups, or communities.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §280</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 95-615</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
