{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 16","heading":"Crime of violence defined","body":"The term “crime of violence” means—(a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or prop­erty of another, or (b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"187510e0716cb68bd57a4bab4a2ea514545e3a72cb8348c93e386eef72c08499","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-15","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}