Maine Revised Statutes > Title 25 > Part 5 > Chapter 252-A – Firearms Regulation
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- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72