Terms Used In New York Laws > Penal > Part 3 > Title O > Article 263 - Sexual Performance By a Child

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• Obscene sexual performance: means any performance which, for purposes of section 263. See N.Y. Penal Law 263.00
• Performance: means any play, motion picture, photograph or dance. See N.Y. Penal Law 263.00
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Sado-masochistic abuse: means the conduct defined in subdivision five of section 235. See N.Y. Penal Law 263.00
• Sexual conduct: means actual or simulated sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct, anal sexual conduct, sexual bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, or lewd exhibition of the genitals. See N.Y. Penal Law 263.00
• Sexual performance: means any performance or part thereof which, for purposes of section 263. See N.Y. Penal Law 263.00
• Simulated: means the explicit depiction of any of the conduct set forth in subdivision three of this section which creates the appearance of such conduct and which exhibits any uncovered portion of the breasts, genitals or buttocks. See N.Y. Penal Law 263.00
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.