{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-201","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-201","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 54-201 to 54-235, inclusive:\n(1) “Victim” means a person who is injured or killed as provided in section 54-209;\n(2) “Personal injury” means (A) actual bodily harm or emotional harm and includes pregnancy and any condition thereof, or (B) injury or death to a service animal, as defined in 28 CFR 35.104, as amended from time to time, owned or kept by a person with a disability;\n(3) “Dependent” means any relative of a deceased victim or a person designated by a deceased victim in accordance with section 1-56r who was wholly or partially dependent upon his income at the time of his death or the child of a deceased victim and shall include the child of such victim born after his death;\n(4) “Relative” means a person's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, child, including a natural born child, stepchild and adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother or half sister or a parent of a person's spouse;\n(5) “Crime” means any act which is a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, or misdemeanor, as defined in section 53a-26, and includes any crime committed by a juvenile;\n(6) “Emotional harm” means a mental or emotional impairment that is directly attributable to a threat of (A) physical injury, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 53a-3, or (B) death to the affected person; and\n(7) “Disability” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-345.","path":["TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 968. VICTIM SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_968.htm#sec_54-201","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"91d606f08bd8d5bb8963d48f803c15100e358f25cb6693fd2b487293ab80f0a8","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-200","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}