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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment » Article 2. Crimes Against the Person » §61-2-29. Abuse or Neglect of Incapacitated Adult; Definitions; Penalties

(a) The following words, when used in this section and sections twenty -nine-a and twenty-nine-b of this article, have the meaning ascribed, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) “Abuse” means the intentional infliction of bodily injury on an incapacitated adult;