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