Maine legal term
Individual in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Individual” 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 “Individual” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Individual" means a human being. 15. (17-A M.R.S. § 2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abandonment of child
- Aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs
- Animals abandoned at animal care facilities
- Assault
- Confidentiality of juvenile case records
- Cruel confinement of calves raised for veal and sows during gestation
- Default
- Dissemination of obscene matter to minors
- Exhibiting obscene motion pictures to minors at outdoor motion picture theaters
- Falsifying health care records
Related terms in the same statutes
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