§ 101 General rules for defenses and affirmative defenses; justification
§ 102 Public duty
§ 102-A Military orders
§ 103 Competing harms
§ 103-A Duress
§ 103-B Involuntary conduct
§ 104 Use of force in defense of premises
§ 105 Use of force in property offenses
§ 106 Physical force by persons with special responsibilities
§ 107 Physical force in law enforcement
§ 108 Physical force in defense of a person
§ 109 Consent
§ 110 Threat to use deadly force against a law enforcement officer
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 17-A > Part 1 > Chapter 5 - Defenses and Affirmative Defenses; Justification

  • Adjudication: means a finding by a court that a person has committed a traffic infraction and includes the acceptance by the clerk of the violations bureau or any judicial division of an answer of not contested. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Agent: means a principal corporate officer, partner, owner or majority shareholder of a contract security company or a resident of the State who manages or supervises the security guard business of a resident or nonresident contract security company within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
  • Alcohol and drug program: means the alcohol and other drug education, evaluation and treatment program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services under Title 5, chapter 521, subchapter 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2401
  • Alcohol level: means either grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2401
  • Armored car service: means the service provided by any person transporting or offering to transport, under armed security guard, currency, jewels, stocks, bonds, paintings or other things of value in a motor vehicle specially equipped to offer a high degree of security. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Board: means the Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners established under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9702
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9702
  • Contract security company: means any person engaged in the business of providing, or who undertakes to provide, a security guard for another person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9702
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • highway: means a public way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Ignition interlock device: means a device that connects a breath analyzer to a motor vehicle's ignition system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2401
  • lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Law enforcement officer: means a person who by virtue of public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • License: includes , but is not limited to, a nonresident operating privilege and the privilege of a person to apply for or obtain a license or permit to operate a motor vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Licensee: means any person to whom a license is granted in accordance with this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
  • Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on railroad tracks, but does not include:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Nonresident: means a person whose legal residence is not in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Operator: means an individual who drives or is in control of a vehicle or who is exercising control over or steering a towed vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • OUI: means operating under the influence of intoxicants or with an excessive alcohol level under section 2411, 2453, 2453?A, 2454, 2456, 2457 or 2472. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2401
  • OUI offense: means an OUI conviction or suspension for failure to submit to a test. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2401
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, fiduciary, trust, estate or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Person: means any natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, corporation or any employee or agent thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, unincorporated organization or corporation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9702
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Respiratory care: includes the terms "respiratory therapy" or "inhalation therapy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9702
  • Respiratory care practitioner: means a person licensed as a respiratory therapist or as a respiratory care technician under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9702
  • Respiratory care practitioner trainee: means an employee of a health care facility who is enrolled in the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care educational program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9702
  • Security guard: means any person who, for any consideration whatsoever, performs any of the following functions:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9403
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • test: means a test or tests used to determine alcohol level or the presence of a drug or drug metabolite by analysis of blood, breath or urine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2401
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, bicycles and other conveyances either singly or together using public way for travel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Traffic infraction: means any violation of any provision of this Title, or of any rules established under this Title, not expressly defined as a crime or as a civil violation and otherwise not punishable by incarceration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Vehicle: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101