Maine legal term
Suspension in Maine Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Maine legislative session
In Maine criminal law, “Suspension” 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 “Suspension” mean in Maine criminal law?
"Suspension" means a suspension or revocation. (29-A M.R.S. § 2458)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated illegal importation of scheduled drugs
- Aggravated trafficking or furnishing of counterfeit drugs
- Causing serious bodily injury or death while license is suspended or revoked
- Driving to endanger
- Ignition interlock device
- Notice of suspension by court
- Possession of firearms in an establishment licensed for on-premises consumption of liquor
- Trafficking in or furnishing counterfeit drugs
- Unlawful operation of a methamphetamine laboratory
- Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs
- Unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs
- Criminal OUI
Related terms in the same statutes
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