Have a question?
Click here to chat with a criminal defense lawyer and protect your rights.

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 957

  • 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.
  • Lottery: means an unlawful gambling scheme in which:
In any prosecution under this chapter it is not a defense that the gambling activity, including the drawing of a lottery, which is involved in the illegal conduct takes place outside this State and is not in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction in which the lottery or other activity takes place. [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).