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Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Consent," a person's positive cooperation in act or attitude pursuant to the person's exercise of free will; (2) "Force," the use of physical effort sufficient to overcome, restrain, injure, or prevent escape; (3) "Mental incapacity," a mental or developmental disease or disability that renders a person incapable of appraising the nature of the person's conduct; and (4) "Physical incapacity," a person's incapability of resisting because the person is unconscious, asleep, or is subject to another physical condition that prevents the person from giving consent or resisting. Source: SL 2023, ch 71 , § 1.