Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 25 > Part 14 > Chapter 701 - Facial Surveillance

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Bureau of Motor Vehicles: means the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 6001
• Department: means a state, county or municipal government or a department, agency or subdivision thereof or any other entity identified in law as a public instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement agency. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 6001
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• 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.
• Facial surveillance: means an automated or semi-automated process that assists in identifying or verifying an individual, or in capturing information about an individual, based on the physical characteristics of an individual's face. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 6001
• Facial surveillance system: means any computer software or application that performs facial surveillance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 6001
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Public employee: means a person employed by a department, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement officer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 6001
• Public official: means a person elected or appointed to a public office that is part of a department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 6001
• Serious crime: means :
  (1) A crime under the laws of this State that:

  (a) Is punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more; or

  (b) Is a Class D or Class E crime under the laws of this State that is a violation of Title 17?A, chapter 9, 11, 12, 13 or 35; Title 15, section 1092, if the violation is based on a condition under Title 15, section 1026, subsection 3, paragraph A, subparagraph (5) or (8); or Title 19?A, section 4011; or
  (2) A crime under the laws of another jurisdiction that:

  (a) Has, as an element, the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon against a person;

  (b) Is elementally substantially similar to a crime under subparagraph (1); or

  (c) Is punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 6001
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72