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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 1 (2026)

Abduction of women

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §5 (RP).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1976 · leading case: State v. Lafferty, 309 A.2d 647 (Me. 1973).
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State v. Lafferty, 309 A.2d 647 (Me. 1973). · cites it 2× “For example, 17 M.R.S.A. § 1 defines the crime of Abduction, which is followed by succeeding sections dealing with Abortion, Adultery, Arson, Assault and Battery, et cetera, and finally concluding *663 with sections on Treason, Trespass, Unprotected Wells and Miscellaneous…”
State v. Lapointe, 357 A.2d 882 (Me. 1976). “17 M.R.S.A. § 1 provides: “Whoever takes a woman unlawfully and against her will and by force, menace or duress compels her to marry him or any other person, or to be defiled, shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of *884 years.”
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