Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 2629

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
If an alleged trustee has in his possession goods, effects or credits of the principal defendant which he holds under a conveyance fraudulent and void as to the defendant’s creditors, he may be adjudged a trustee on account thereof, although the principal defendant could not have maintained an action therefor against him.