Meaning of Torsion in Chow groups

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I am reading the paper "Remarks on Correspondences and Algebraic Cycles" of S. Bloch and V. Srinivas. In the proof of proposition 1 in chapter 1 says:

$Ker(CH_0(U_L))\rightarrow CH_0(U_{\Omega}))$ is torsion.

Does it mean that all the elements of the kernel are torsion or does it mean that the kernel has some elements that are torsion?

Thank you for the clarification!

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Does feel more like a comment than an answer, but since this is your question:

A group is torsion, if all its elements have finite order.

I see no reason why we should expect a different meaning in this situation.