Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 291 — Judge on view; sureties without formal complaint
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 11: Security to Keep the Peace, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 291
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
A person who in the presence of any of the judges aforesaid or of any court of record makes an affray; threatens to kill or beat another or to commit any violence against another's person or property; or contends with hot and angry words to the disturbance of the peace may be ordered, without process or other proof, to recognize to keep the peace and be of good behavior for a term not exceeding 3 months and may be otherwise dealt with as is provided in sections 281 to 290.
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