Maine legal term
Crime in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Crime” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Maine criminal code.
What does “Crime” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Crime" means a criminal offense in which, as defined, there is a victim. 2. (17-A M.R.S. § 2101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abandoning an airtight container
- Abandonment of child
- Abuse of corpse
- Acquiring drugs by deception
- Aggravated assault
- Aggravated criminal forced labor
- Aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy
- Aggravated criminal mischief
- Aggravated criminal trespass
- Aggravated forgery
- Aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated illegal importation of scheduled drugs
Related terms in the same statutes
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