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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Base period: means the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year; provided that if the first quarter of the last 5 completed calendar quarters was included in the base period applicable to any individual's previous benefit year, his base period shall be the last 4 completed calendar quarters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Benefit year: means the one-year period beginning with the date with respect to which an insured worker files a request for determination of the worker's insured status, and thereafter the one-year period beginning with the date with respect to which the worker next files such a request after the end of the worker's last preceding benefit year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to his unemployment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Bureau: means the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, the former Division of Unemployment Compensation in the Bureau of Employment Security. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Calendar quarter: means the period of 3 consecutive calendar months ending on March 31st, June 30th, September 30th or December 31st. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Commission: means the 3-member Unemployment Insurance Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contributions: means the money payments required by this chapter to be made into the fund by an employer on account of having individuals performing services for him. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Domestic abuse: means any of the following acts between any family or household members or sexual partners whether or not they have lived together:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043Educational institution: means any school, including nursery schools and schools of higher education, which is licensed by the State and which provides an organized course of study designed to transfer knowledge, skills, attitudes or abilities under the guidance of a teacher. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Employer: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043Employing unit: means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint stock company, insurance company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has or subsequent to January 1, 1935 had in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Employment: except as otherwise provided in paragraph F, subparagraph (2), means any service performed prior to July 26, 1940 which was employment as defined in this subsection prior to such date, and subject to the other provisions of this subsection service performed after July 26, 1940, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Employment office: means a free public employment office, or branch thereof, operated by this State or the United States or maintained as a part of a state-controlled system of public employment offices. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. 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. Fund: means the Unemployment Compensation Fund to which all contributions and payments in lieu of contributions required and from which all benefits provided under this chapter shall be paid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Governmental entity: means the State of Maine and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions and school administrative units as represented by their elected or appointed governing bodies and includes, without limitation, city and town councils, select boards, boards of county commissioners, municipally owned and operated hospitals and administrative entities formed under Title 30?A, chapter 115. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Insured work: means employment by employers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 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. Juror: A person who is on the jury. Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Misconduct: means a culpable breach of the employee's duties or obligations to the employer or a pattern of irresponsible behavior, which in either case manifests a disregard for a material interest of the employer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 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. Payments in lieu of contributions: means the money payments made into the fund by an employer pursuant to section 1221, subsections 11 and 13. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business. Regular employment: means work at the individual's customary trade, occupation, profession or business as opposed to temporary or odd job employment outside of such customary trade, occupation, profession or business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 State: includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. United States: when used in a geographical sense includes the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Wages: means all remuneration for personal services, including commissions, bonuses, severance or terminal pay, gratuities and the cash value of all remuneration in any medium other than cash. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Week: means such period or periods of 7 calendar days as the commissioner may by rule prescribe. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Weekly benefit amount: means the amount of benefits an individual would be entitled to receive for one week of total unemployment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72