Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 28 > Chapter 33 > Article 1 - Operating Commercial Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of an Alcoholic Beverage, Inhalant, or Controlled Substance

• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or a combination of a motor vehicle and one or more other vehicles
  (A) used to transport passengers or property. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• department: means the Department of Administration. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
• 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.
• motor vehicle: means a vehicle which is self-propelled except a vehicle moved by human or animal power. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
• person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• physical injury: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• serious physical injury: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
• state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• vehicle: means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway or vehicular way or area. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990