Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 626A > PEN REGISTER; TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE; MOBILE TRACKING DEVICE

• Bureau: means the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Electronic communication: means transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical system but does not include:

  (1) a wire or oral communication;

  (2) a communication made through a tone-only paging device; or

  (3) a communication from a tracking device, defined as an electronic or mechanical device which permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01

• Electronic communication service: means a service that provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Investigative or law enforcement officer: means any officer of the United States or of a state or political subdivision thereof, or a University of Minnesota peace officer who is empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for offenses enumerated in this chapter, or any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, trust, or association, including but not limited to, the subscriber to the telephone or telegraph service involved and any law enforcement officer. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• User: means a person or entity who:

  (1) uses an electronic communication service; and

  (2) is duly authorized by the provider of the service to engage in the use. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01

• Wire communication: includes any electronic storage of the communication. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01