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As used in this article:

(a) "Commission" means the West Virginia Human Rights Commission;

(b) "Dwelling" means any building, structure or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence or sleeping place by one or more persons or families and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure or portion thereof;

(c) "Family" includes a single individual;

(d) "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under Title 11 of the United States Code, receivers and fiduciaries;

(e) "To rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let and otherwise to grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant;

(f) "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act that is unlawful under section five, six, seven or nineteen of this article;

(g) "Disability" means, with respect to a person:

(1) A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of the person's major life activities;