Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1310-E

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
An action to enforce liability created under this chapter may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction within 2 years from the date on which the liability arises, except that when a defendant has materially and willfully misrepresented any information required under this chapter to be disclosed to an individual and the information so misrepresented is material to the establishment of the defendant’s liability to that individual under this chapter, the action may be brought at any time within 2 years after the discovery by the individual of the misrepresentation. [PL 2013, c. 228, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 2013, c. 228, §1 (NEW).