§842-1  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter:



"Enterprise" includes any sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, and any union or group
of individuals associated for a particular purpose although not a legal entity.



"Organized crime" means any
combination or conspiracy to engage in criminal activity as a significant
source of income or livelihood, or to violate, aid or abet the violation of
criminal laws relating to prostitution, gambling, loan sharking, drug abuse,
illegal drug distribution, counterfeiting, extortion, corruption of law
enforcement officers or other public officers or employers.



"Person" includes any individual or
entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property and
includes nonresident aliens.



"Racketeering activity" means any act
or threat involving, but not limited to murder, kidnapping, gambling, criminal
property damage, robbery, bribery, extortion, theft or prostitution, or any
dealing in narcotic or other dangerous drugs which is chargeable as a crime
under state law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.



"Unlawful debt" means a debt incurred
or contracted in an illegal gambling activity or business or which is
unenforceable under state law in whole or in part as to principal or interest
because of the law relating to usury. [L 1972, c 71, pt of §2; am L 1990, c 27,
§2; am L 1991, c 175, §1]