Maine Revised Statutes > Title 15 > Part 4 > Chapter 303 > Subchapter 1 – General Provisions
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- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72