Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 34-A > Chapter 17 > Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Another state: means each of the several states except Maine, and includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Bureau: means the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, State Bureau of Identification. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Conditional release: means supervised release of a registrant or an offender from institutional confinement for placement on probation, parole, supervised release for sex offenders, supervised community confinement, home release monitoring or release under Title 15, section 104?A or Title 17?A, chapter 67, subchapter 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Discharge: means unconditional release and discharge of a registrant from institutional confinement upon the expiration of a sentence or upon discharge under Title 15, section 104?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Domicile: means the place where a person has that person's established, fixed, permanent or ordinary dwelling place or legal residence to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• 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.
• FBI: means the Federal Bureau of Investigation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Jurisdiction: means the Federal Government, including the military, this State, another state or a tribe. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• 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.
• Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is required to be registered pursuant to Title 29?A, section 351. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Offender: means a person to whom this chapter applies pursuant to section 11272. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• 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.
• Registrant: means a Tier I registrant, Tier II registrant or Tier III registrant. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Residence: means that place or those places, other than a domicile, in which a person may spend time living, residing or dwelling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 11273
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Tier I offense: means a conviction for a Class E or Class D crime under the following or for an attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit a Class E, Class D or Class C crime under the following if the victim was less than 18 years of age at the time of the criminal conduct unless otherwise specified: