Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 6958 – Defendant may have betterments
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 6958
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Dower: A widow
- Grantee: means the person to whom a freehold estate or interest in land is conveyed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.
The defendant shall have the benefit of this chapter as to the increased value of premises when the cause, including all real actions brought by a reversioner or remainderman, or his assigns, after the termination of a tenancy in dower, or any other life estate, against the assignee or grantee of the tenant of the life estate, or against his heirs or legal representatives, is determined in favor of the plaintiff.