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- Acquittal:
- Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
- A verdict of "not guilty."
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Attorney General: means the Attorney General of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703
- Compact officer: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703Council: means the compact council established under section 1707. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Criminal history record repository: means the state agency designated by the governor or other appropriate executive official or the legislature of a state to perform centralized recordkeeping functions for criminal history records and services in the state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Criminal history records: means information, collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals, consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments or other formal criminal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional supervision or release. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Criminal justice: means activities relating to the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, posttrial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Criminal justice agency: includes federal and state inspector general offices. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Criminal justice services: means services provided by the FBI to criminal justice agencies in response to a request for information about a particular individual or as an update to information previously provided for criminal justice purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Direct access: means access to the national identification index by computer terminal or other automated means not requiring the assistance of or intervention by another party or agency. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Executive order: means an order of the President of the United States or the chief executive officer of a state that has the force of law and that is promulgated in accordance with applicable law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 FBI: means the Federal Bureau of Investigation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 III system: includes the national indices and, to the extent of their participation in the system, the criminal history record repositories of the states and the FBI. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 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. Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 National fingerprint file: means a database of fingerprints or of other uniquely personal identifying information that relates to an arrested or charged individual and that is maintained by the FBI to provide positive identification of subjects indexed in the III system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 National identification index: means an index maintained by the FBI consisting of names, identifying numbers and other descriptive information relating to subjects who have criminal history records in the III system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 National indices: means the national identification index and the national fingerprint file. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Noncriminal justice purposes: means uses of criminal history records for purposes authorized by federal or state law other than purposes relating to criminal justice activities, including employment suitability, licensing determinations, immigration and naturalization matters and national security clearances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Nonparty state: means a state that has not ratified this compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Party state: means a state that has ratified this compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Positive identification: means a determination, based upon a comparison of fingerprints or other equally reliable biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a criminal history record search is the same person as the subject of a criminal history record or records indexed in the III system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 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. Sealed criminal history record information: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703State: means any state, territory or possession of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 1703 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72