Washington legal term
Actor in Washington Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Washington legislative session
In Washington criminal law, “Actor” 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 Washington criminal code.
What does “Actor” mean in Washington criminal law?
"Actor" includes, where relevant, a person failing to act; (3) "Benefit" is any gain or advantage to the beneficiary, including any gain or advantage to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary; (4)(a) "Bodily injury," "physical injury," or "bodily harm" means physical pain or injury, illness, or an impairment of physical condition; (b) "Substantial bodily harm" means bodily injury which involves a temporary but substantial disfigurement, or which causes a temporary but substantial loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part or organ, or which causes a frac (RCW 9A.04.110)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Bigamy
- Burglary in the first degree
- Commercial bribery
- Criminal mischief
- Extortion in the second degree
- Hate crime offense
- Intimidating a witness
- Kidnapping in the second degree
- Perjury in the first degree
- Rendering criminal assistance in the first degree
- Rendering criminal assistance in the second degree
- Trading in public office
Related terms in the same statutes
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