Maine Revised Statutes > Title 13-C > Chapter 9 – Domestication and Conversion
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- Airmobile: means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is designed to travel upon a cushion of air on or within 2 feet of the water or land surface of the earth. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Board: means the Victims' Compensation Board established in section 12004?J, subsection 11. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3360-S
- Board: means the Board of Directors of the Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 3702
- Boater safety and education course: means an online or in-person education course that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Company: means the Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company created in section 3703. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 3702 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Converting entity: means the domestic business corporation or domestic unincorporated entity that adopts a plan of entity conversion or the foreign unincorporated entity converting to a domestic business corporation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 951 Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. Crime: means a criminal offense committed under the laws of the State that resulted in verifiable property loss of a person other than a person who committed the crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3360-S Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Department: means the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Fish: means a cold-blooded, completely aquatic vertebrate characteristically having gills, fins and an elongated streamlined body usually covered with scales and includes any physical part of a fish. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Fund: means the Victims' Property Compensation Fund established in subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3360-S in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Internal waters: means waters under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Maine-based employer: means an employer with a principal place of business located in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 3702 Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Operation: means the act of operating as defined in subsection 18. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means a human being or an organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Property loss: includes a deductible paid by the victim pursuant to an insurance claim related to the property loss. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3360-S Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Insurance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 3702 Surviving entity: means the corporation or unincorporated entity as it continues in existence immediately after consummation of an entity conversion pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13-C Sec. 951 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Use: means , with respect to watercraft, operate, navigate or employ. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Voluntary market: means the workers' compensation insurance market in which insurance companies voluntarily offer coverage to applicants who meet the insurers' underwriting standards or guidelines. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 3702 Watercraft: means any type of vessel, boat, canoe or craft capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, other than a seaplane, including motors, electronic and mechanical equipment and other machinery, whether permanently or temporarily attached, that are customarily used in the operations of the watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Wildlife: includes wild animals and wild birds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001