Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 34-A > Chapter 5 - Probation and Parole

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Animal: means every living, sentient creature not a human being. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3907
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Board: means the State Parole Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's duly authorized agent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3907
• 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
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Constable: means a law enforcement officer appointed by municipal officers pursuant to law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3907
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Correctional facility: means any facility that falls under the jurisdiction of the department, but does not include any facility for which the department is required to establish standards pursuant to section 1208 or 1208?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Detention facility: means the Long Creek Youth Development Center. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Fine: includes court costs whenever applicable. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Humane agent: means an employee of the department who assists in enforcing this Part. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3907
• Juvenile: means a person under the age of 18 years or a person who is alleged to have committed, while under the age of 18 years, any acts or offenses covered by Title 15, Part 6, regardless of whether, at the time of the proceeding, the person is of the age of 18 years or over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Parole: is a release procedure by which a person may be released from a correctional facility by the State Parole Board prior to the expiration of the person's maximum term, parole status being in effect under Title 17-A, section 2314, subsection 2, with all provisions of prior laws governing parole continuing in effect. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association or any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3907
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Prison: means the Maine State Prison. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Prisoner: means an adult person sentenced and committed to, transferred to or detained in the custody of the department, including a person on supervised community confinement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Probation: means a procedure under which a person found guilty of an offense is released by the court, without being committed to a correctional facility, or with or without commitment to jail or fine, subject to conditions imposed by the court. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Regional correctional administrator: means the supervisor of adult probation and parole services or the supervisor of juvenile community corrections officer services for a region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.