Switchblade knife definition

Switchblade knife means a knife containing a blade or blades which open automatically by the release of a spring or a similar contrivance.

Switchblade knife means a spring-blade knife, snap-blade knife or any other knife having the appearance of a pocketknife, any blade of which is 2 or more inches long and which can be released automatically by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle or other mechanical device, or is released by any type of mechanism. The term does not include a knife which has a blade that is held in place by a spring if the blade does not have any type of automatic release.

Switchblade knife means any knife or similar device which has a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife.

Examples of Switchblade knife in a sentence

• Switchblade knife: Any knife with a blade that folds, closes, or retracts into the handle or sheath and that opens automatically by pressing a button or other device located on the handle or opens or releases a blade from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or centrifugal force.

• Switchblade knife means any knife, the blade of which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in its handle.

• Switchblade knife, butterfly knife, taser or stun gun, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.

• Any device from which a metallic projectile, including any ball bearing or pellet, may be expelled by means of spring, gas, air or other force.[(b)] (c) "Nunchaku" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.[(c)] (d) "Switchblade knife" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.[(d)] (e) "Trefoil" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.[(e)] (f) "Vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to "school bus" in NRS 484.148.Sec.

• Section 46.01(11), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:(11) "Switchblade knife" means any knife that has a blade that folds, closes, or retracts into the handle or sheath[,] and that[:[(A)] opens automatically by pressure applied to a button or other device located on the handle[;] or[(B)] opens or releases a blade from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force.

More Definitions of Switchblade knife

Switchblade knife means any knife having a blade which opens automatically:

Switchblade knife means any knife having a spring-operated blade which opens automatically upon pressure being applied to a button, catch or other releasing device in its handle.

Switchblade knife means any knife which has a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied by a button, spring

Switchblade knife means any knife, the blade of which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in its handle. [§18-12- 101(1)(j), C.R.S.]

Switchblade knife means any knife having a blade that opens automatically:

Switchblade knife means any knife which has a blade that folds or closes into the handle or sheath, that opens automatically by pressure applied to a button or other device located on the handle; or that opens or releases from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force. Nothing in this section precludes the imposition of an extended term suspension or expulsion for using, possessing, selling, purchasing, transmitting, transferring, or obtaining a weapon by a student, other than a student determined to have brought such a weapon to school.

Switchblade knife means a knife having the appearance of a pocketknife and includes a spring-blade knife, snap-blade knife, gravity knife, or any other similar type knife, the blade or blades of which are two or more inches in length and which can be released automatically by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, flip of the wrist or other mechanical device, or is released by the weight of the blade or by any type of mechanism whatsoever.” (Former § 653k, now codified at § 17235.)