Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 34-A > Chapter 3 > Subchapter 3 - Maine Correctional Center

• Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Chief administrative officer: means the head of a correctional facility or a detention facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Corrections or his designee, except that, when the term "commissioner and only the commissioner" is used, the term applies only to the person appointed Commissioner of Corrections and not to any designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72