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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 23-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="23-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated, unless their context clearly indicates otherwise.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Institution.">“Institution” means a publicly or privately owned, leased, or used building, including:<para num="(1)">a school;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a library;</para>
      <para num="(3)">a recreation center;</para>
      <para num="(4)">a meeting hall; or</para>
      <para num="(5)">a cemetery.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Property.">“Property" means real and personal property and includes the lot, grounds, and premises contiguous with or adjacent to real or personal property.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Religious real property.">“Religious real property” includes:<para num="(1)">a church, synagogue, meeting house, mosque, or other place of worship;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a cemetery;</para>
      <para num="(3)">a religious school, educational facility, community center, structure, or other real property used for any religious purpose; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the lot, premises, and grounds contiguous with or adjacent to the property described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Vandalize.">“Vandalize” means to deface, damage, destroy, or attempt to deface, damage, or destroy real or personal property.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §253</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 98-380</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
