Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 12 > Part 2 > Chapter 201-A > Subchapter 4 - Information On Mining Exploration

• Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Custodian: means the person who has legal custody and power over the person of a child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
• Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Parent: means a natural or adoptive parent or a parent established under Title 19?A, chapter 61, unless parental rights have been terminated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
• Person: means an individual, corporation, facility, institution or agency, public or private. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
• Person responsible for the child: includes the child's custodian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
• Relative: includes , for an Indian child as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 4, or by the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 8, an extended family member as defined by the law or custom of the Indian child's tribe or, in the absence of such law or custom, an extended family member as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 2 or the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
• Serious harm: means :