What is the meaning of the word "drive" in a motor vehicle statute?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Mercer v. Department of Motor Vehicles, 280 Cal.Rptr. 745, 53 Cal.3d 753, 809 P.2d 404 (Cal. 1991):

5 "1: to set and keep in motion or in action through application of some amount of force: a: to impart an onward or forward motion to by expenditure of physical force.... b: to impart violent motion or great impetus to...." (See also Flournoy v. State (1962) 106 Ga.App. 756, 128 S.E.2d 528, 530 ["the word 'drive,' as used in statutes of this kind, usually denotes movement of the vehicle in some direction (see Webster's Unabridged Dictionary) ..."].)

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