Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 241 > RECORDS AND RELEASE OR TRANSFER OF INMATES

• Adult: means an individual 18 years of age or older. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Consumer: means a person who agrees to pay a fee to an Internet service provider for access to the Internet for personal, family, or household purposes, and who does not resell access. See Minnesota Statutes 325M.01
• Internet service provider: means a business or person who provides consumers authenticated access to, or presence on, the Internet by means of a switched or dedicated telecommunications channel upon which the provider provides transit routing of Internet Protocol (IP) packets for and on behalf of the consumer. See Minnesota Statutes 325M.01
• 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.
• Minority: means with respect to an individual the period of time during which the individual is a minor. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
• Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Personally identifiable information: means information that identifies:

  (1) a consumer by physical or electronic address or telephone number;

  (2) a consumer as having requested or obtained specific materials or services from an Internet service provider;

  (3) Internet or online sites visited by a consumer; or

  (4) any of the contents of a consumer's data-storage devices. See Minnesota Statutes 325M.01

• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.