18 U.S.C. § 1093: Definitions

the term “children” means the plural and means individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen years; the term “ethnic group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common cultural traditions or heritage; the term “incites” means urges another to engage imminently in conduct in circumstances under which there is a substantial likelihood of imminently causing such conduct; the term “members” means the plural; the term “national group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of nationality or national origins; the term “racial group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of physical characteristics or biological descent; the term “religious group” means a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals; and the term “substantial part” means a part of a group of such numerical significance that the destruction or loss of that part would cause the destruction of the group as a viable entity within the nation of which such group is a part.