Maine Revised Statutes > Title 17-A > Part 2 > Chapter 39 – Unlawful Gambling
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- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- an event the result of which is determined by chance: includes but is not limited to a shuffle of a deck or decks of cards, a roll of a die or dice or a random drawing or generation of an object or objects that may include, but are not limited to, a card or cards, a die or dice, a number or numbers or simulations of any of these. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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
- Bookmaking: means advancing gambling activity by unlawfully accepting bets from members of the public as a business, rather than in a casual or personal fashion, upon the outcomes of future contingent events. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952
- Bylaws: means those bylaws adopted by the interstate commission pursuant to section 18512 for its governance or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503
- Commissioner: means the voting representative appointed by a member board pursuant to section 18512. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503
- Construction hoist: means a hoist that is not an integral part of a building or structure; is installed inside or outside the building or structure during the construction, alteration or demolition of the building or structure; and is used to raise and lower workers, other personnel and materials. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 15202
- Contest of chance: means any game, contest, scheme or device in which:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. Conviction: means a finding by a court that an individual is guilty of a criminal offense through adjudication or entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to the charge by the offender. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 15202 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Elevator: includes an escalator or a manlift and means a guided hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car, platform or load-carrying unit, including doors, well, enclosures, means and appurtenances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 15202 Expedited license: means a full and unrestricted medical license granted by a member state to an eligible physician through the process set forth in the compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Gambling device: means any device, machine, paraphernalia or equipment that is used or usable in the playing phases of any gambling activity, whether that activity consists of gambling between persons or gambling by a person involving the playing of a machine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952 Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage, Illegal gambling machine: means any machine, including electronic devices, however operated:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies. Interstate commission: means the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission created pursuant to section 18512. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 License: means authorization by a state for a physician to engage in the practice of medicine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Lottery: means an unlawful gambling scheme in which:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952Medical practice act: means the laws and rules governing the practice of allopathic and osteopathic medicine within a member state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Member board: means a state agency in a member state that acts in the sovereign interests of the state by protecting the public through licensure, regulation and education of physicians as directed by the state government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Member state: means a state that has enacted the compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Municipal fire department: means an organized firefighting unit established under municipal charter, ordinance or bylaw to prevent and extinguish fires and, if authorized by charter, ordinance or bylaw, to provide emergency services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 3151 Municipal firefighter: includes a volunteer municipal firefighter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 3151 Municipal legislative body: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001Municipal officers: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001Municipality: means a city or town, except as provided in chapter 225. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Mutuel: means a form of lottery in which the winning chances or plays are not determined upon the basis of a drawing or other act on the part of persons conducting or connected with the scheme, but upon the basis of the outcome or outcomes of a future contingent event or events otherwise unrelated to the particular scheme. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952 Offense: means a felony, a Class A, Class B or Class C crime, an aggravated crime, a gross misdemeanor or a crime involving moral turpitude. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Owner: means a firm, person, partnership, association, corporation or state or political subdivision that owns an elevator or tramway. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 15202 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, organization or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Physician: means a person who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503Player: means a person who engages in social gambling solely as a contestant or bettor on equal terms with the other participants therein without receiving or becoming entitled to receive something of value or any profit therefrom other than his personal gambling winnings. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952 Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court. Practice of medicine: means the clinical prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease, injury or condition requiring a physician to obtain and maintain a license in compliance with the medical practice act of a member state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Provide emergency services: means to respond to and manage other public safety emergencies, including, but not limited to, medical emergencies, hazardous materials incidents or natural or man-made disasters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 3151 registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Rule: means a written statement by the interstate commission promulgated pursuant to section 18513 that is of general applicability; implements, interprets or prescribes a policy or provision of the compact or an organizational, procedural or practice requirement of the interstate commission; has the force and effect of statutory law in a member state; and includes the amendment, repeal or suspension of an existing rule. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Something of value: means any money or property, any token, object or article exchangeable for money or property, or any form of credit or promise directly or indirectly contemplating transfer of money or property, or of any interest therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952 State: means any state, commonwealth, district or territory of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 State of principal license: means a member state where a physician holds a license to practice medicine and that has been designated as the state of principal license by the physician for purposes of registration and participation in the compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 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 Tramway: includes the following:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 15202Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Unlawful: means not expressly authorized by statute. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 952 Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge. Volunteer fire association: means an organized firefighting unit incorporated under Title 13, chapter 81, or Title 13?B, and which is officially recognized by the municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 3151 Volunteer firefighter: means an active member of a volunteer fire association who receives no compensation from the municipality other than injury and death benefits. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 3151 Volunteer municipal firefighter: means a part?time or on-call municipal firefighter who receives up to 20% of the compensation of a full?time municipal firefighter and who may receive injury and death benefits. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 3151