A credible threat definition

A credible threat means a threat made with the intent and the apparent ability to carry out the threat so as to cause the person who is the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his safety. The threat must be against the life of, or a threat to cause great bodily injury to, a person.

Examples of A credible threat in a sentence

  • A credible threat in this subsection means either words or actions of intent to cause bodily harm and/or personal property damage to a staff member or a staff member’s family, which resulted in a report to Law Enforcement, a restraining/protection order, or a workplace safety/personal protection plan.

  • A credible threat is defined as “a communicated intent (veiled or direct) in either words or actions of intent to cause bodily harm and/or personal property damage to a staff member or a staff member’s family.

  • A credible threat towards staff is defined as "A communicated intent (veiled or direct) in either words or actions of intent to cause bodily harm and/or personal property damage to a staff member or a staff member's family, which resulted in a report to Law Enforcement, a Restraining/Protection order, or a workplace safety/personal protection plan".

Related to A credible threat

  • Credible threat means a verbal or nonverbal threat, or a combination of the two, including threats delivered by electronic communication or implied by a pattern of conduct, which places the person who is the target of the threat in reasonable fear for his or her safety or the safety of his or her family members or individuals closely associated with the person, and which is made with the apparent ability to carry out the threat to cause such harm. It is not necessary to prove that the person making the threat had the intent to actually carry out the threat. The present incarceration of the person making the threat is not a bar to prosecution under this section.

  • Poses a reasonable threat means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.

  • Material Environmental Amount an amount payable by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000 for remedial costs, compliance costs, compensatory damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties or any combination thereof.

  • Intimidating, threatening, abusive, or harming conduct means, but is not limited to, conduct that does the following:

  • Life-threatening means that the subject was at immediate risk of death from the AE as it occurred or it is suspected that use or continued use of the product would result in the subject’s death. ‘Life-threatening’ does not mean that had an AE occurred in a more severe form it might have caused death (eg, hepatitis that resolved without hepatic failure).