35.010 Definitions for chapter.

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35.010 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) &quot;National Guard&quot; means the Kentucky Army National Guard and the Kentucky Air National Guard; (2) &quot;Active militia&quot; means a volunteer defense unit other than the National Guard; <br>(3) &quot;Officer&quot; means a commissioned officer, including a warrant officer; <br>(4) &quot;Superior commissioned officer&quot; means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command; (5) &quot;Enlisted person&quot; means any person who is serving in an enlisted grade in any force of the National Guard or active militia; (6) &quot;State active duty&quot; means full-time military duty in the active service of the state under an order of the Governor, including travel to and from the duty; (7) &quot;Military court&quot; means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, a provost court, or a military commission; (8) &quot;Military judge&quot; means an official of general and special courts-martial detailed in accordance with KRS 35.125; (9) &quot;Subject person&quot; means person subject to this chapter; <br>(10) &quot;Code&quot; means this chapter; <br>(11) &quot;Commissioned officer&quot; includes a commissioned warrant officer; <br>(12) &quot;Commanding officer&quot; includes only commissioned officers; <br>(13) &quot;Grade&quot; means a step or degree in a graduated scale of office or military rank that is established by law or regulation; (14) &quot;Rank&quot; means order of precedence among members of the National Guard or active militia; (15) &quot;Duty status&quot; includes state active duty and any other type of state military duty, including travel to and from the duty; (16) &quot;State judge advocate&quot; means the commissioned officer responsible for supervising the administration of military justice in the National Guard or active militia; (17) &quot;Accuser&quot; means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges normally be signed and sworn to by another, and any person who has <br>an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused; (18) &quot;Military&quot; refers to any or all of the Armed Forces; <br>(19) &quot;Convening authority&quot; includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being or a successor in command; <br>and (20) &quot;Peace officer&quot; as used in this chapter means any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, deputy constable, sworn police officer, sworn enforcement officer of the <br>Department of Kentucky State Police or other duly authorized state law <br>enforcement agency, and other persons with similar authority to make arrests under <br>the provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes. Effective: June 26, 2007 History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 118, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 307, sec. 1, effective April 9, 1992 -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 239, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 1. -- <br>Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1954.