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"Sec. 21-53. Definitions. <br />"For the purposes of this Article, the following terms, phrases, words, <br />and their derivations shall have the following meaning given herein. <br />When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense <br />include the future, words in the masculine include the feminine, words in <br />the plural number include the singular, and words in the singular number <br />include the plural. The word 'shall' is always mandatory and not <br />merely directory. <br />"City means the City of Paris. <br />"Child means a person who is under seventeen (17) years of age. <br />"Criminal negligence: a person acts with criminal negligence, or is <br />criminally negligent, with respect to circumstances surrounding his <br />conduct or the result of his conduct when he ought to be aware of a <br />substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the <br />result will occur. The risk must be of such nature and degree that the <br />failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of <br />care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances <br />as viewed from the actor's standpoint. <br />"Custodian means the adult with whom the child resides. <br />"Emergency means an unforseen combination of circumstances or the <br />resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is <br />not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any <br />situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or <br />loss of life. <br />"Establishment means any privately owned place of business <br />operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including, but not <br />limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment. <br />"Guardian means the person who, under court order, is the guardian <br />of the person of the child or the public or private agency with whom the <br />child has been placed by a court. <br />"Intentionally: A person acts intentionally, or with intent, with <br />respect to the nature of his conduct or to a result of his conduct when it is <br />his conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the <br />Page 3 of 12 <br />