New York legal term
Physical injury in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Physical injury” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Physical injury” mean in New York criminal law?
"Physical injury" means impairment of physical condition or substantial pain. 10. (N.Y. Penal Law § 10.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abandonment of a child
- Aggravated criminal contempt
- Aggravated harassment in the second degree
- Aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree
- Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree
- Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree
- Arson in the first degree
- Assault in the third degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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