Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 20-A > Part 5 > Chapter 445 - Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking At Institutions of Higher Education

• Affirmative consent: means consent to sexual activity that can be revoked at any time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12981
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• Employee: means an individual who is employed by an institution of higher education, including a full-time, part-time or contracted employee, or an individual who was employed by an institution of higher education, including a full-time, part-time or contracted employee, but has taken a leave of absence or terminated the employment as a result of having been a victim of sexual violence, intimate partner violence or stalking or for any other reason. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12981
• 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.
• Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
• in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• institution: means a public, private, nonprofit or for-profit postsecondary school chartered, incorporated or otherwise organized in the State with an established physical presence in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12981
• Interpersonal violence climate survey: means the survey developed pursuant to section 12984, subsection 8. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12981
• Intimate partner violence: means any of the acts that constitute abuse under Title 19?A, section 4002, subsection 1, paragraphs A to H that are committed by an individual who is or has been in a social relationship with another individual of an intimate nature regardless of whether the individuals were or are sexual partners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12981
• Membership: means active participation in the program of a school from the date of enrollment to the time the student withdraws or is absent from the school for 10 consecutive days for reasons other than illness. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15001
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Reporting party: means a student or employee who reports having experienced an alleged incident of sexual violence, intimate partner violence or stalking at an institution of higher education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12981
• Responding party: means an individual who has been accused of an alleged incident of sexual violence, intimate partner violence or stalking at an institution of higher education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12981
• Sexual violence: means conduct that constitutes: