Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 30-A > Part 1 > Chapter 17 > Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• Access: means to gain logical entry into, instruct, communicate with, store data in or retrieve data from any computer resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• administration of criminal justice: means activities relating to the investigation of all or specific crimes and the prosecution of offenders. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Board: means the Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure, established in section 13852. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
• Computer: means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other high-speed data processing device performing logical, arithmetic or storage functions and includes any data storage device or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with the device. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Computer information: means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions that are confidential or proprietary, are being prepared or have been prepared from an organized set of data and are located in computer memory or on magnetic, optical or mechanical media transferable directly to or useable directly by a computer as a source of data or instructions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Computer network: means a combination of one or more computers and communication facilities with the capability to transmit information among the devices or computers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Computer program: means an ordered set of data representing coded instructions or statements that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to process data. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Computer resource: means a computer program, computer software, computer system, computer network, computer information or any combination thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Computer software: means a set of computer programs, procedures and associated documentation used in the operation of a computer system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Computer system: means any combination of a computer or computers with the documentation, computer software or physical facilities supporting the computer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Computer virus: means any computer instruction, information, data or program that degrades the performance of a computer resource; disables, damages or destroys a computer resource; or attaches itself to another computer resource and executes when the host computer program, data or instruction is executed or when some other event takes place in the host computer resource, data or instruction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Consent of county: means a vote taken pursuant to section 122 or a vote taken at an election at which a majority of the legal votes of the voters of a county voting at the election are cast in favor of a question seeking approval of funding construction of a jail facility through the issuance of bonds or the guarantee by the counties of bonds issued by the jail authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• Conversion therapy: means any practice or treatment that seeks or claims to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, including, but not limited to, any effort to change gender expression or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions, feelings or behavior toward others based on the individual's gender. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 59-C
• Counseling: means assisting individuals, families or groups through the counseling relationship to develop understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal problems, to define goals, to make decisions, to plan a course of action reflecting their needs, and to use information and community resources, as these procedures are related to personal, social, educational and vocational development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
• County: means either Lincoln County or Sagadahoc County, and "counties" means both Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Data storage device: means any computer or accessory device, designed for or capable of storing digital media or data, including, but not limited to, installed or transportable hard drives, memory cards and servers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• jail: means any land area, structure, location or equipment, or combination of them, used for the confinement of prisoners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• jail authority: means the authority formed under this chapter and Title 13, chapter 81. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• 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
• Municipal officers: means the municipal officers or councillors of a town or the mayor and municipal officers or councillors of a city. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• Municipality: means a city or town. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• Operating and governance agreement: means the documents that set the terms of the jail authority operations and structure for governance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Revenues: means the proceeds of bonds, all revenues, rates, tolls, assessments, rents, transportation charges, reimbursement from the State excluding community corrections money, boarding fees and inmate-related medical reimbursements, and other charges and receipts derived by the jail authority from the operation of a multicounty jail, including, but not limited to, investment earnings and the proceeds of insurance, condemnation, sale or other disposition of properties, and must include proceeds from assessments when the power of assessment has been granted to the jail authority under sections 1952 and 1953. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72