Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5/12A-10 – Definitions
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For the purposes of this Article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Video game retailer” means a person who sells or rents video games to the public.
(b) “Video game” means an object or device that stores recorded data or instructions, receives data or instructions generated by a person who uses it, and, by processing the data or instructions, creates an interactive game capable of being played, viewed, or experienced on or through a computer, gaming system, console, or other technology.
(c) “Minor” means a person under 18 years of age.
(d) “Person” includes but is not limited to an individual, corporation, partnership, and association.
(e) “Violent” video games include depictions of or simulations of human-on-human violence in which the player kills or otherwise causes serious physical harm to another human. “Serious physical harm” includes depictions of death, dismemberment, amputation, decapitation, maiming, disfigurement, mutilation of body parts, or rape.
(a) “Video game retailer” means a person who sells or rents video games to the public.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5/12A-10
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(b) “Video game” means an object or device that stores recorded data or instructions, receives data or instructions generated by a person who uses it, and, by processing the data or instructions, creates an interactive game capable of being played, viewed, or experienced on or through a computer, gaming system, console, or other technology.
(c) “Minor” means a person under 18 years of age.
(d) “Person” includes but is not limited to an individual, corporation, partnership, and association.
(e) “Violent” video games include depictions of or simulations of human-on-human violence in which the player kills or otherwise causes serious physical harm to another human. “Serious physical harm” includes depictions of death, dismemberment, amputation, decapitation, maiming, disfigurement, mutilation of body parts, or rape.