§ 2401 Recording requirements for proceedings involving real estate

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 14 > Part 4 > Chapter 405 - Records

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Social services: means any of the following services that meet such standards as the commissioner may prescribe: