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17-A M.R.S. § 2301 — Definitions
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 81: Administration of Imposed Sentences of Imprisonment, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 2301
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.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1. Family or household member. "Family or household member" has the same meaning as in Title 19-A, section 4102, subsection 6.
1-A. Dating partner. "Dating partner" has the same meaning as in Title 19-A, section 4102, subsection 4.
2. Jail. "Jail" means a county or regional jail.
3. Sentence of imprisonment. "Sentence of imprisonment" means:
A. A term of imprisonment, none of which is suspended;
B. An unsuspended portion of a split sentence of imprisonment either before or after revocation of probation or administrative release;
C. An unsuspended portion of a wholly suspended term of imprisonment with probation or with administrative release after revocation of that probation or administrative release; or
D. Any court-ordered time in the custody of the Department of Corrections after revocation of a period of supervised release.
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