Maine Revised Statutes > Title 18-C > Article 2 > Part 9 – Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act
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- Affiliate: means any person who, as determined by the commission:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3180Amendment: 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. Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year. Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority. Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. cooperative: means any corporation organized under this chapter or which becomes subject to this chapter in the manner provided. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3703 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. Customer: includes any person, government or governmental division which has applied for, been accepted and is currently receiving service from a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, the site on which it is located and appurtenant rights of flowage and access, that impounds or diverts water, and that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111Decedent: A deceased person. Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Disclaimant: means the person to whom a disclaimed interest or power would have passed had the disclaimer not been made. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Disclaimed interest: means the interest that would have passed to the disclaimant had the disclaimer not been made. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Disclaimer: means the refusal to accept an interest in or power over property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Emergency: means breaches and all conditions leading to or causing a breach, overtopping or any other condition in a dam and its appurtenant structures that may be construed as unsafe or threatening to life and property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Emergency action plan: means a set of written instructions or guidelines for use by public officials that recommends actions that, when implemented, will minimize the effects of a dam failure on people and property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Emergency situation: means a situation determined by the commissioner, after consultation with other state and federal agencies if time permits, to present a potential but real and impending danger to life, limb or property because of flooding or potential and imminent flooding and includes a situation that the Governor declares to be an emergency pursuant to section 742. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 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. Fiduciary: means a personal representative, trustee, agent acting under a power of attorney or other person authorized to act as a fiduciary with respect to the property of another person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 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. Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage, Hazard potential: means the possible adverse incremental consequences that result from the release of water or stored contents due to failure of the dam or misoperation of the dam or appurtenances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Highway: includes any private or public street, way or other place used for travel to or from property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1004 Highway commissioners: means an individual, board or other body having authority under law to discontinue the use of the highway which it is desired to restrict or close to public use and travel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1004 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person. Intestate: Dying without leaving a will. Jointly held property: means property held in the name of 2 or more persons under an arrangement in which all holders have concurrent interests and under which the last surviving holder is entitled to the whole of the property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit. Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. 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. 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 Necessary remedial measure: means any repair or hazard-reducing measure relating to a structural component or operation of a dam needed to mitigate a specific condition at the dam that constitutes a threat to public safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust, municipality, quasi-municipal corporation, state department, federal department or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Person: means person as defined in section 102 or any public agency, state or political subdivision or agency of the State, or any body politic. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3703 Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC Public utility: includes any pipe line, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telephone, telegraph, radio, railway, railroad, airplane, transportation, communication or other system operated for public use regardless of ownership. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1004 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust). State: includes an Indian tribe or band or Alaskan native village recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 State dam inspector: means an inspector appointed or hired under section 1117. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Trust: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72