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- Abandonment: means any conduct on the part of the parent showing an intent to forego parental duties or relinquish parental claims. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
- Abatement: includes , but is not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291Aboveground heating oil supply tank: means an aboveground oil storage tank that is connected directly to an oil-burning heating appliance and is used solely to store heating oil. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Aboveground oil storage facility: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 1?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Aboveground oil storage tank: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 1?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Abuse or neglect: means a threat to a child's health or welfare by physical, mental or emotional injury or impairment, sexual abuse or exploitation including under Title 17?A, sections 282, 852, 853 and 855 or deprivation of essential needs, or lack of protection from these, by a person responsible for the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Academic achievement: means earning a grade point average of 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Accepted road: means a state, county or town road which is under the control of state, county or municipal authorities and maintained at public expense. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 Account-based bulk processing program: means a beverage container recycling program implemented by a redemption center or pick-up agent that meets the requirements of rules adopted by the department, is approved by the department, consolidates beverage containers subject to the requirements of this chapter through bulk sorting, collects data regarding each container sorted, provides electronic data reports specifying the number of containers sorted by universal product code along with information regarding the container brand, redemption location and container material type to support an accounting of deposits, fees and material weight and prepares the sorted containers for sale to recyclers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Accredited training program: means a training program that has been accredited by the State pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 acting through: includes the assignment or transfer of an interest in real property acquired in satisfaction of a debt. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 Activity and use limitations: means restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session. Adjusted base minimum price: means the base minimum price plus any amounts established by the Maine Milk Commission to reflect the increased costs of production pursuant to section 2954, subsection 2, paragraph A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Adult: means an individual who has attained 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Adult: means an individual at least 18 years of age or an emancipated individual under 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Adult education: means education programs primarily operated for individuals beyond the compulsory school ages and administered by school administrative units. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Adult subject to conservatorship: means an adult for whom a conservator has been appointed under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Adult subject to guardianship: means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Advance health care directive: means an individual instruction from, or a power of attorney for health care by, an individual with capacity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Advisory committee: means the Advisory Committee on Education Savings established in this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Agency: means the department or any legal successor or any other state or federal agency that determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which the environmental covenant is created. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Agent: means an individual appointed to serve in the capacity of a superintendent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Agent: means an individual with capacity designated in a power of attorney for health care to make a health care decision for the individual granting the power. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Agent: means any person who sells or distributes licensed commodities in commerce for or on behalf of producers or others and whose operations may include planting, cultivating, harvesting, grading, packing and furnishing containers, supplies or other services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Agricultural commodity: means any and all agricultural, horticultural and vineyard crops and products when produced or sold in this State, either in their natural state or as processed by the producer, including such products as:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423Allegation: something that someone says happened. Alternative: means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy or combination of these that serves a functionally equivalent purpose to a chemical in a children's product. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Alternative: means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy or a combination of these that serves a purpose functionally equivalent to that of a priority toxic chemical used by a commercial and industrial facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 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. Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense. Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal. Applicant: means any person applying for a license under this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Applicant: means an individual who has applied for a homestead property tax exemption pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681 Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization arsenic-treated wood: means lumber, timber, piles, poles, posts, plywood, shakes, shingles or other wood or forest products intended for outdoor use that have been pressure treated to reduce decay with a wood preservative containing inorganic arsenic or inorganic arsenic compounds, including, but not limited to, chromated copper arsenate, commonly referred to as "CCA" or similar arsenic-based wood-preserving chemical mixtures. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1681 Asbestos: means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers of high tensile strength and are resistant to heat, wear and chemicals, including, but not limited to, chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, actinolite, tremolite and anthophylite and any of these minerals that have been chemically treated or altered. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos abatement activity: includes associated activities such as design, monitoring, analysis and inspection of any asbestos-containing material in an amount greater than 3 square feet or 3 linear feet, and conducting training for persons seeking a state certificate or license. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos abatement contractor: means a business entity that engages in, or intends to engage in, asbestos abatement activities as a business service on property that it does not own and that employs or involves one or more asbestos abatement project supervisors, asbestos abatement design consultants, asbestos air monitors or asbestos inspectors for asbestos abatement activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos abatement design consultant: means an individual engaged in preparing and supervising the implementation of facility plans for the removal or abatement of asbestos. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos abatement project supervisor: means an individual with responsibility for the supervision of asbestos abatement activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos abatement worker: means an individual engaging in any asbestos abatement activity for any employer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos air analyst: means an individual engaging in the analysis of air samples for fiber count including, but not limited to asbestos fibers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos air monitor: means a person responsible for applying applicable rules and standards at a specific location by monitoring procedures during asbestos abatement activities in order to protect the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos analytical laboratory: means a public or private entity that scientifically analyzes samples of solids, liquids or gases to determine the presence and concentration of asbestos fibers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos bulk analyst: means an individual engaging in the analysis of bulk samples for asbestos or other material composition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos consultant: means a business entity that engages in, or intends to engage in, the design, inspection or monitoring of asbestos abatement activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos inspector: means an individual whose activities include, but are not limited to, collecting bulk samples and assessing the potential for exposure associated with the presence of asbestos-containing material. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos management planner: means a person who assesses hazards associated with the presence and condition of asbestos-containing materials in schools and who develops a response action plan based upon the assessment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos professional: means an individual certified by the commissioner to engage in asbestos abatement activities, including, but not limited to, an asbestos abatement worker, an asbestos abatement project supervisor, an asbestos air monitor, an asbestos inspector, an asbestos abatement design consultant, an asbestos air analyst, an asbestos bulk analyst and an asbestos management planner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Asbestos-containing material: means any material containing asbestos in quantities equal to or greater than 1% by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Aseptically processed and packaged: means hermetically sealed in a container and thermally processed to render the product free of microorganisms capable of reproducing in the product under normal nonrefrigeration conditions of storage and distribution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 At-risk: means there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child's health, safety and welfare is in jeopardy due to abuse, neglect, abandonment or similar circumstances and that return to the child's or the child's parent's country of origin or country of last habitual residence would not be in the best interest of the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court. Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings. Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12001-A Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12121 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12301 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12521 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12531 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12552 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12571 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11459 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine, which serves as administrator of the Maine Education Savings Program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine established in Title 10, section 961 and its successors or assigns. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11492 Average annual net wood production rate: means the estimated average net usable amount of wood one acre of land is growing in one year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Bag-drop program: means a beverage container recycling program implemented by a redemption center that meets the requirements of rules adopted by the department and that allows a person to drop off beverage containers subject to the requirements of this chapter in a bag or other receptacle at one or more identified locations and to have the corresponding refund placed into an account to be held for the benefit of the person in a manner that allows the person to obtain the refund or a refund receipt within 10 calendar days following the drop-off. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings. Base minimum price: means Class I, Class II and Class III prices established pursuant to the northeast marketing area milk marketing order. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels. 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 Beneficiary: means any person designated by a participation agreement to benefit from payments for higher education expenses. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Bequest: Property gifted by will. Best interest of the minor: means the standard of the best interest of the child according to the factors set forth in Title 19?A, section 1653, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Beverage: means beer, ale or other drink produced by fermenting malt, spirits, wine, hard cider, wine coolers, soda or noncarbonated water and all nonalcoholic carbonated or noncarbonated drinks in liquid form and intended for internal human consumption, except for unflavored rice milk, unflavored soymilk, milk and dairy-derived products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Beverage container: means a bottle, can, jar or other container made of glass, metal or plastic that has been sealed by a manufacturer and at the time of sale contains 4 liters or less of a beverage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Blend price: means the price of milk per hundredweight computed as the sum of the Class I price multiplied by the percentage of milk sold as Class I milk, the Class II price multiplied by the percentage sold as Class II milk and the Class III price multiplied by the percentage sold as Class III milk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Board: means the Maine Dairy Promotion Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Board: means the Maine Dairy Promotion Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 board: means the Maine Board of Tax Appeals as established in Title 5, section 12004?B, subsection 10. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Board: means the board of directors of the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Board of directors: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a school administrative district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Board of trustees: means the board of trustees of the system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12701 Bonds: includes bonds, notes, commercial paper, pass-through instruments or any other evidences of indebtedness the authority issues under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11492 Books and records: means books, records, accounts, memoranda or other data pertaining to the purchase and distribution of milk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Borrower: means a person who is obligated as a borrower to make payment of an eligible loan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11492 Boston market dealer: means any dealer as defined in subsection 4 who purchases milk from producers subject to the price regulations of the northeast marketing area milk marketing order. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Boston market producer: means any Maine milk producer selling to a dealer marketing milk subject to the northeast marketing area milk marketing order, or any agricultural cooperative that buys milk from or handles milk for such a producer and sells it to such a dealer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Brand: means a name, symbol, word or mark that identifies a product, rather than its components, and attributes the product to the owner of the brand. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Broker: means any person engaged in the business of negotiating sales of licensed commodities in commerce for or on behalf of the seller or the purchaser, respectively. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Building: means any structure, regardless of the materials of which it is constructed, which has a roof or partial roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended to be used for the habitation, enclosure or shelter of persons or animals or to provide uses which include, but are not limited to, working, office, display, sales, storage or parking space. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 Bulk milk hauler and sampler: means a person who collects samples and transports raw milk from a farm or raw milk products to or from a farm, milk plant, receiving station or transfer station and has in that person's possession a permit from any state to sample such products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Bureau: means the Bureau of Revenue Services, which may be referred to as "Maine Revenue Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Business entity: means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship or other business concern. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Business entity: means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship or other business concern. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Capacity: means the ability to have a basic understanding of the diagnosed condition and to understand the significant benefits, risks and alternatives to the proposed health care and the consequences of forgoing the proposed treatment, the ability to make and communicate a health care decision and the ability to understand the consequences of designating an agent or surrogate to make health care decisions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Certificate: means a document issued to an individual by the commissioner affirming that an individual has successfully completed the training and other requirements set forth in this chapter to qualify as an asbestos professional. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Certificate: means a document issued to an individual by the commissioner affirming that the individual has successfully completed the training and other requirements set forth in this chapter to qualify as a lead professional. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Chambers: A judge's office. Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes. Chemical: means a substance with a distinct molecular composition or a group of structurally related substances and includes the breakdown products of the substance or substances that form through decomposition, degradation or metabolism. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Chemical of concern: means a chemical identified by the department pursuant to section 1693. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Chemical of high concern: means a chemical identified by the department pursuant to section 1693?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Chemical of low concern: means a chemical for which adequate toxicity and environmental data are available to determine that it is not a chemical of high concern, a chemical of concern, a chemical of potential concern or a chemical of unknown concern. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Chemical of potential concern: means a chemical identified by an authoritative governmental entity on the basis of credible scientific evidence as being suspected of causing an adverse health or environmental effect listed in section 1693, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Chemical of unknown concern: means a chemical for which insufficient data are available to classify it as a chemical of high concern, a chemical of concern, a chemical of potential concern or a chemical of low concern. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Chief executive officer: means the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12001-A Chief executive officer: means the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Chief executive officer: means the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12121 Chief executive officer: means the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12301 Chief executive officer: means the chief executive officer of the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Chief executive officer: means the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12521 child: means an unmarried person who has not attained 21 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I Child care: means a regular service of care and protection provided for compensation for any part of a day less than 24 hours to a child or children under 13 years of age whose parents work outside the home, attend an educational program or are otherwise unable to care for their children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Child care facility: means a child care center or a family child care provider as defined in Title 22, section 8301?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Child care provider qualifications: means a degree or certificate in child development or a related area as determined by rule of the authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Child or children: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Claim: includes a claim against an individual or conservatorship estate, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Class I milk: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991Clinical education: means any on-location teaching environment ranging from a one-to-one training between a physician and a medical student to a training in a health clinic or hospital with or without a residency program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Coastal management: means the planning, development, conservation and regulation of coastal resource use by Federal, state, regional and local governments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1802 Coastal resources: means the coastal waters of the State and adjacent shorelands, their natural resources and related marine and wildlife habitat that together form an integrated terrestrial, estuarine and marine ecosystem. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1802 Code: means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and amendments to that Code as of December 31, 2022. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself. College: means a community college as established in section 12714. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12701 Commercial building: means any building used primarily for commercial or industrial activity that is generally not open to the public or occupied or visited by children, including, but not limited to, warehouses, factories, storage facilities, aircraft hangars, garages and wholesale distribution facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Commercial fishing: means harvesting or processing, or both, of wild marine organisms with the intent of disposing of them for profit or trade in commercial channels. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Commercial fishing activities: means commercial aquacultural production and commercial fishing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Commercial vessel: means any type of watercraft used exclusively in a business or trade:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503Commingling agreement: means an agreement between 2 or more initiators of deposit allowing the beverage containers for which they have initiated deposits to be commingled by dealers and redemption centers, as described in section 3107. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Commingling group: includes the State, through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, which, pursuant to section 3107, is deemed to be managing returned containers for which the State has initiated deposits in a commingling program pursuant to a qualified commingling agreement, but does not include the commingling cooperative. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Commission: means the Maine Milk Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Commission: means the St. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 992 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's duly authorized agent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 411 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the commissioner's agents. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Common interest community: means a condominium, cooperative or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums or for maintenance or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action. Community drinking water well: means a public drinking water well that supplies a community water system as defined under Title 22, section 2660?B, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Comprehensive plan: means zoning or a plan of development, including any amendment thereto, prepared or adopted by the planning board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Conservator: means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under Part 4. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Conservator: includes a coconservator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Conservatorship estate: means the property subject to conservatorship under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Consolidation loan: means a loan under this chapter to or for the benefit of an individual made for the purpose of refinancing education loans that, when made, were made to or for the benefit of a student then enrolled in an eligible program of study at an institution of higher education that meets the other requirements of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11459 Consumer: means an individual who purchases or accepts food or beverages for use or consumption. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571 Consumer: means an individual who purchases a beverage in a beverage container for use or consumption. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Consumer: means any person other than a milk dealer who purchases milk for fluid consumption. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Consumer: means any person other than a milk dealer who purchases milk for fluid consumption. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Consumer: means any person who purchases a licensed commodity for consumption or use other than sale, storage or retention for the purpose of sale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Consumer product: means any item sold for residential or commercial use, including any component parts and packaging, that is sold for:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Contributions: means amounts deposited by a participant to an account within the program fund. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 cooperative: means the entity established pursuant to section 3107, subsection 3?B to manage the collection of all beverage containers subject to the requirements of this chapter under a single commingling program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Cooperative housing corporation: means an entity organized for the purpose of owning residential real estate in which residents own shares that entitle the shareholder to inhabit a certain space within a residential dwelling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681 Cooperative property: means the real property, including mobile and manufactured homes, owned by a cooperative housing corporation for the primary purpose of residential use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681 Corrosive: means any substance which in contact with living tissue causes destruction of tissue by chemical action; but does not refer to action on inanimate surfaces. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Council: means the Maine Dairy and Nutrition Council. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Council: means the Maine Dairy and Nutrition Council. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff. Courses of study: means the courses of study for the elementary and secondary schools that are in alignment with the system of learning results as established in section 6209 and consistent with the requirements of this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Court: includes , but is not limited to, the Probate Court and District Court, or any other state court with juvenile jurisdiction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I covenant: means a servitude arising under an environmental response project and documented in a recordable instrument that imposes activity and use limitations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Covered entity: means a household in this State, a business or nonprofit organization in this State exempt from taxation under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 501(c)(3) that employs 100 or fewer individuals, an elementary school in this State or a secondary school in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Covered establishment: includes , but is not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571Credible scientific evidence: means the results of a study, the experimental design and conduct of which have undergone independent scientific peer review, that are published in a peer-reviewed journal or publication of an authoritative federal or international governmental agency, including but not limited to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Toxicology Program, Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the United States Environmental Protection Agency; the World Health Organization; and the European Union, European Chemicals Agency. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC Cropland: means acreage within a farm unit of land in tillage rotation, open land formerly cropped and land in bush fruits. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Current use program: means the:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501Custodian: means the person who has legal custody and power over the person of a child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Dairy or dairy farm: means any place or premises where one or more cows, goats or sheep are kept and from which milk or milk products are provided, sold or offered for sale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. De minimis level: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691Dealer: means a person who sells, offers to sell or engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a consumer, including, but not limited to, an operator of a vending machine containing beverages in beverage containers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Dealer: means any person who purchases or receives milk for sale as the consignee or agent of a producer, or handles for sale, shipment, storage or processing within the State and shall include a producer-dealer and a sub-dealer, but shall not include a store other than an integrated operation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Dealer: includes a producer dealer or a store. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Dealer: includes a producer dealer, a subdealer or a store. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 Dealer: means any person or entity who purchases or receives milk from a producer within the State for processing and sale within or outside the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Dealer: means any person other than a consumer, engaged in the business of buying or selling licensed commodities in commerce, except as provided in section 458. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Decedent: A deceased person. Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Department: means the Department of Environmental Protection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Department: means the Department of Environmental Protection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Department: means the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Department: means the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial. Design consultant: means an individual engaged in preparing and supervising the implementation of plans for the removal or abatement of lead-based paint. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Development: means the carrying out of any significant earthmoving, grading, dredging, filling, building, construction or mining operation; the deposit of refuse or solid or liquid wastes on a parcel of land other than agricultural utilization of animal wastes; the making of any material change in noise levels, thermal conditions or emissions of waste material; the commencement or change in the location of advertising; or the alteration of a shore, bank or floodplain of an estuary, river or pond. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 Devise: To gift property by will. Direct-marketing: means the marketing of agricultural commodities by farmers directly to consumers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 411 Director: means the Director of the Division of Licensing, Registration and Engineering, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Director: means the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Discharge: includes , but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, disposing, emptying or dumping onto the land or into the water or ambient air. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1401 Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: Disposable food service container: includes service ware for take-out foods, bakery products and leftovers from partially consumed meals prepared by covered establishments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571 Distributor: means a person who sells consumer products to retail establishments on a wholesale basis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Distributor: means a person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer in this State and includes a manufacturer who engages in such sales. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 District: means a specified area of land or water within the corridor, delineated on the district boundary map, within which certain regulations and requirements apply under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 district: means a district formed under this chapter to manage one or more subsurface wastewater collection, treatment and disposal systems to accommodate residential development as a means of facilitating compact growth patterns, including cluster developments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1231 District: means geographical division of the production areas in this State as may be established by the commissioner pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. Domestic partner: means one of 2 unmarried adults who are domiciled together under long-term arrangements that evidence a commitment to remain responsible indefinitely for each other's welfare. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Dory: means an unpowered, double-ended boat used exclusively for the transport and storage of fishing gear. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Double-walled tank: means a tank with inner and outer walls separated by an interstitial space that allows detection and containment of leaks. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Duly enrolled: means , for an undergraduate, enrolled full-time and, for a graduate student, enrolled at least part-time at an institution of higher education, as evidenced in a form satisfactory to the authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Education loan: means a loan made by the Federal Government under the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 United States Code, Chapter 28, Title IV, Part B, as amended, or a loan made by a regulated financial institution for the express purpose of financing the costs of higher education under a program designed solely for such purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11459 Eligible business equipment: includes , without limitation, repair parts, replacement parts, replacement equipment, additions, accessions and accessories to other qualified property that first became subject to assessment under this Part before April 1, 2008 if the part, addition, equipment, accession or accessory would, in the absence of this subchapter, first be subject to assessment under this Part on or after April 1, 2008. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691 Eligible employer: means a business in the State that employs engineers and that demonstrates a need to fill an eligible employment position. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12521 Eligible employment position: means a full-time position of employment with an employer located in this State, a requirement of which is a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12521 Eligible employment position: means a full-time position within the State as the founder or employee of a statewide recognized economic development entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12531 Eligible individual: means a student who meets the eligibility requirements of section 12505. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Eligible individual: means a person who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12521Eligible lender: means the authority and the Federal Government and any financial institution, credit union or institution of higher education that is an eligible lender under the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, Public Law 89-329, 79 Stat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11492 Eligible marketing cooperative: means an association of milk producers organized to negotiate producer prices higher than the minimum producer prices established pursuant to the northeast marketing area milk marketing order and that the commissioner has determined will not, through its operation, evade, impair or undermine the purposes of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Eligible program of study: means a certificate program of at least one year, an associate degree program, a baccalaureate degree program or a graduate degree program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11459 Emergency medical service: means a nonprofit, incorporated ambulance service or nontransporting emergency medical service licensed under Title 32, chapter 2?B receiving full or partial financial support from or officially recognized by the State, a municipality or county or an entity created under Title 30?A, chapter 115 or 119 except when the emergency medical service is acting outside the scope of activities expressly authorized by the State, municipality, county or entity created under Title 30?A, chapter 115 or 119. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12552 Emergency medical services person: means a person who is licensed to provide emergency medical treatment under Title 32, chapter 2?B and is serving a public agency in an official capacity as an officially recognized or designated employee or member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, with or without compensation, or who is an employee of an emergency medical service as defined in subsection 1?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12552 Employee: means an individual who may be permitted, required or directed by an employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Employee: means an individual who may be permitted, required or directed by an employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 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. Environmental management system: means a part of an overall management system of a facility and includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy of the facility through documented systematic procedures. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 Environmental response project: means a plan or work performed for environmental remediation of real property and conducted:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. established base of operations: means the location where a commercial vessel has its primary relationship with a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Estates: shall be construed to mean both real estate and personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 Excess valuation factor: includes , but is not limited to, aesthetic factors, recreational water-use factors, residential housing factors and nonresidential development factors unrelated to working waterfront uses. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business. Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent Exempt business equipment: means eligible business equipment that is exempt under this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691 facility: means an entity:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Family foster home: means the same as defined in Title 22, section 8101, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12571 Farm woodland: means the combined acreage within a farm unit of forested land. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Farmland: means any tract or tracts of land, including woodland and wasteland, of at least 5 contiguous acres on which farming or agricultural activities have contributed to a gross annual farming income of at least $2,000 per year from the sales value of agricultural products as defined in Title 7, section 152, subsection 2 in one of the 2, or 3 of the 5, calendar years preceding the date of application for classification. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Federal banking or lending agency: means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, a federal reserve bank, a federal home loan bank, the United States Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the National Credit Union Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, the Small Business Administration, the Farmers' Home Administration, the Rural Electrification Administration or the RECOLL Management Corporation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Fiduciary: means a person who is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362Finance: means the origination, acquisition or refinancing of eligible loans, including through loans to eligible lenders. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11492 Firefighter: means a person who is an active member of a municipal fire department in this State or a volunteer firefighters' association in this State and who aids in the extinguishing of fires, regardless of whether that person has administrative or other duties as a member of the department or association. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12552 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. Flammable: means any substance which has a flashpoint of above 20 degrees to and including 80 degrees Fahrenheit as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester, except that the flammability of solids and of the contents of self-pressurized containers is determined by methods generally applicable to such containers and established by regulations issued by the commissioner and "extremely flammable" means any substance which has a flashpoint at or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Forest land: means land used primarily for growth of trees to be harvested for commercial use, but does not include ledge, marsh, open swamp, bog, water and similar areas, which are unsuitable for growing a forest product or for harvesting for commercial use even though these areas may exist within forest lands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Forest management and harvest plan: means a written document that outlines activities to regenerate, improve and harvest a standing crop of timber. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Forest management and harvest plan: means a written document that outlines activities to regenerate, improve and harvest a standing crop of timber. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Forest products that have commercial value: means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass, fuel wood, Christmas trees, maple syrup, nursery products used for ornamental purposes, wreaths, bough material or cones or other seed products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Forest type: means a stand of trees characterized by the predominance of one or more groups of key species which make up 75% or more of the sawlog volume of sawlog stands, or cordwood in poletimber stands, or of the number of trees in seedling and sapling stands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Forested land: means land that is used in the growth of trees but does not include ledge, marsh, open swamp, bog, water and similar areas that are unsuitable for growing trees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Friable: means materials that, when dry, have the potential to readily release asbestos fibers when crumbled, pulverized, handled, deteriorated or subjected to mechanical, physical or chemical processes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Full conservatorship: means a conservatorship that grants the conservator all powers available under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Full guardianship: means a guardianship that grants the guardian all powers available under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve Grade: means one of the officially established grades for an agricultural commodity as defined by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Graduating high school senior: means a student who is a resident of the State, who graduates from a secondary school or a home instruction program as described in section 5001?A, subsection 3, paragraph A, subparagraph (4) and who is entering that student's first year in an institution of higher education at the beginning of the next academic year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Grantee: means the person to whom a freehold estate or interest in land is conveyed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration. Guardian: means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under Part 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Guardian: means a judicially appointed guardian or conservator having authority to make a health care decision for an individual. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Guardian: includes a coguardian but does not include a guardian ad litem. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Guardian ad litem: means a person appointed to inform the court about, and to represent, the needs and best interest of an individual. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Guardianship proceeding: means a judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Handler: means any person, except a common carrier, exempt carrier or contract carrier of agricultural commodities, who is engaged in packing, grading, selling, offering for sale or marketing any agricultural commodities, who as owner, agent or otherwise ships or causes to be shipped an agricultural commodity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Hard cider: means a beverage produced by fermentation of the juice of fruit, including, but not limited to, flavored, sparkling or carbonated cider that contains not less than 1/2 of 1% alcohol by volume and not more than 8. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Hardwood type: means forests in which maple, beech, birch, oak, elm, basswood, poplar and ash, singly or in combination, comprise 75% or more of the stocking. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 harvesting for commercial use: means the harvesting of forest products that have commercial value, as defined in subsection 3?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Hazardous material: includes :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1401Hazardous substance: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362Hazardous substance: means any substance or mixture of substances which is toxic, corrosive, an irritant, strong sensitizer, flammable, or which generates pressure through decomposition, heat or other means and which may cause substantial personal injury or illness during any customary or reasonable anticipated handling or use including reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children and also means any radioactive substance, if, with respect to such substance as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the commissioner determines by regulation that the substance is sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with this subchapter in order to protect the public health. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Hazardous waste: means any substance identified as hazardous waste by the board pursuant to section 1319?O. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Head of tide: means the inland or upstream limit of water affected by the tide. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Health care: means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Health care decision: means a decision made by an individual with capacity or by the individual's agent, guardian or surrogate regarding the individual's health care, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802Health care institution: means an institution, facility or agency licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Health care provider: means an individual licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Health professional shortage area: means an area in the State lacking in medical professionals as designated by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 heat-treated: means processed by heating every particle of milk to a temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 30 minutes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Higher education expenses: means the certified expenses for attendance at an institution of higher education as those expenses are defined by rule of the authority consistent with applicable provisions of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its regulations addressing qualified tuition programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Highly toxic: means any substance which produces death within 14 days in at least half of a group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200 and 300 grams, when a single dose of 50 milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight, is orally administered or when inhaled continuously for a period of one hour or less at an atmospheric concentration of 200 parts per million by volume or less of gas, vapor, mist or dust, or which produces death within 14 days in at least half of 10 or more rabbits tested in a dosage of 200 milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight, when administered by continuous contact with the bare skin for 24 hours or less. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Historic site: means any area of land owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the State, with or without buildings, improvements or other structures, that has been classified by the director for public use wholly or primarily because of its historical, archaeological or scientific interest or value. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Holder: means the grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in section 3003, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Homeless youth: means a person 21 years of age or younger who is unaccompanied by a parent or guardian and is without shelter where appropriate care and supervision are available, whose parent or legal guardian is unable or unwilling to provide shelter and care or who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-D Homestead: means any residential property, including cooperative property, in this State assessed as real property owned by an applicant or held in a revocable living trust for the benefit of the applicant and occupied by the applicant as the applicant's permanent residence or owned by a cooperative housing corporation and occupied as a permanent residence by a resident who is a qualifying shareholder. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681 Horticultural land: means land which is engaged in the production of vegetables, tree fruits, small fruits, flowers and woody or herbaceous plants. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Household use: means any use, or intended use of an article in or about the living area or living quarters of a house, apartment house or other place of abode. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 in the State: means within the exterior limits of the State and includes all territory within these limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 In-house asbestos abatement unit: means the unit of a business or public entity that engages in, or intends to engage in, asbestos abatement activities or projects solely within the confines of property owned or leased by the entity and that employs one or more asbestos abatement supervisors for asbestos abatement activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 In-house lead abatement unit: means the unit of a business or public entity that engages in or intends to engage in lead abatement activities or projects solely within the confines of property owned or leased by the entity and that employs one or more lead abatement supervisors for lead abatement activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies. Individual instruction: means a direction from an individual with capacity concerning a health care decision for the individual. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Individual subject to conservatorship: means an adult or minor for whom a conservator has been appointed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Individual subject to guardianship: means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Individual subject to guardianship: means an adult or minor for whom a guardian has been appointed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Inhabitant: means a person having an established residence in a place. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 initiator: means a manufacturer, distributor or other person who initiates a deposit on a beverage container under section 3103. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Institution of higher education: means an institution of higher education located within this State, another state or a foreign country that meets the requirements of and conforms to the definitions contained in the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 United States Code § 1001(a) and the regulations, guidelines and procedures promulgated by the Secretary of Education pursuant to these sections of the law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Institution of higher education: means an accredited institution of higher education located within the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11459 Institution of higher education: means an institution of higher education that meets the requirements established by rule of the authority consistent with applicable provisions of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its regulations addressing qualified tuition programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Insufficient veterinary services: means an insufficient number of practitioners of veterinary medicine in either a veterinary specialty or a geographic area, as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Insufficient veterinary services: means an insufficient number of practitioners of veterinary medicine in a veterinary specialty related to livestock or emergency and critical care, as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12121 Integrated operation: means a person who is a dealer and who also sells at retail the milk that the person handles for sale, shipment, storage or processing within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Intentionally added chemical: means a chemical that was added during the manufacture of a product or product component to provide a specific characteristic, appearance or quality or to perform a specific function. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Interim controls: means a set of measures designed to temporarily reduce human exposure or likely exposure to lead-based paint hazards, including specialized cleaning, repairs, maintenance, painting, temporary containment, ongoing monitoring of lead-based paint hazards or potential hazards and the establishment and operation of management and resident education programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit. Intertidal zone: means all land affected by the tides between the mean high-water mark and the mean low-water mark. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Intestate: Dying without leaving a will. Invasive aquatic plant: means a species of aquatic plant described in section 410?N. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1861 Inventory parts: includes repair parts, replacement parts, replacement equipment, additions, accessions and accessories on hand but not in service and stocks or inventories of repair parts, replacement parts, replacement equipment, additions, accessions and accessories on hand but not in service and other machinery and equipment on hand for future use but not in service if acquired after April 1, 2007, regardless of when placed in service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691 Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor. Irritant: means any substance, not corrosive, which on immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with normal living tissue will induce inflammatory reaction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 jeopardy: means serious abuse or neglect, as evidenced by:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together. Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants. Label: means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon or attached to the immediate package or container of any substance; and a requirement made by or under authority of this subchapter that any word, statement or other information appear on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be, unless it is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper, and on all accompanying literature where there are directions for use, written or otherwise. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Law enforcement officer: means an active state police officer, municipal police officer, county sheriff or deputy sheriff in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12552 Lead abatement contractor: means a business entity that engages in or intends to engage in lead abatement activities as a business service and that employs or involves one or more project supervisors for lead abatement activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead abatement professional: means an individual certified by the commissioner to engage in lead-based paint activities, including, but not limited to, a lead abatement worker, a lead abatement project supervisor, a lead inspector, a lead abatement design consultant and a lead risk assessor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead abatement worker: means an individual engaging in any lead abatement activity for any employer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead determination: means an inspection of a limited portion of a building for the purpose of identifying the presence of lead-based paint. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead hazard: means any condition that may cause exposure to lead from lead-contaminated dust, lead-contaminated soil, lead-contaminated water or lead-based paint that is in poor condition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead inspection: means a surface-by-surface assessment to determine the presence of lead-based paint. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead inspector: means an individual who conducts lead inspections and lead determinations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead-based paint: means paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead-based paint activities: means inspection, risk assessment, lead abatement design, lead abatement and services related to lead-based paint such as lead screening, lead determination and deleading. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lead-poisoned: means having a confirmed elevated level of blood lead that is injurious, as defined in rules adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Lender: means any person, as defined by Title 9?B, section 131, subsection 30, including a successor or assignee of that person, that makes a bona fide extension of credit to or takes or acquires a security interest from a nonaffiliated person; a financial institution or credit union authorized to do business in this State, as defined in Title 9?B, section 131, subsections 12?A and 17?A; a financial institution that is acting through a service corporation as defined in Title 9?B, section 131, subsection 37; or any federal or state banking or lending agency that provides loans, guarantees or other financial assistance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 Less restrictive alternative: includes supported decision making, appropriate technological assistance, appointment of an agent by the individual, including appointment under a power of attorney for health care or power of attorney for finances, or appointment of a representative payee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Letters of office: means judicial certification of guardianship or conservatorship. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 License: means a document issued by the commissioner to a business entity or public entity affirming that the entity has met the requirements set forth in this chapter to engage in asbestos abatement activities including, but not limited to, asbestos abatement contractor, in-house asbestos abatement unit, asbestos consultant, asbestos analytical laboratory and training provider. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 License: means a document issued by the commissioner to a business entity or public entity, including, but not limited to, a lead abatement contractor, an in-house lead abatement unit or a lead training provider, affirming that the entity has met the requirements set forth in this chapter to engage in lead-based paint activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Licensed commodities: means dry beans and other vegetables listed in rules established pursuant to section 453, but does not mean potatoes, which are governed by chapter 103, subchapter 10, article 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Licensee: means any person who holds a commodities license issued under this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Life-sustaining treatment: means any medical procedure or intervention that, when administered to a person without capacity and in either a terminal condition or a persistent vegetative state, will serve only to prolong the process of dying. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Limited conservatorship: means a conservatorship that grants the conservator less than all powers available under this Act, grants powers over only certain property or otherwise restricts the powers of the conservator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Limited guardianship: means a guardianship that grants the guardian less than all powers available under this Act or otherwise restricts the powers of the guardian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. loan: means a loan originated under the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, Public Law 89-329, 79 Stat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11492 Local administration: means administration by a personal representative appointed in this State pursuant to appointment proceedings described in Article 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 4-101 Local personal representative: includes any personal representative appointed in this State pursuant to appointment proceedings described in Article 3 and excludes foreign personal representatives who acquire the power of a local personal representative pursuant to section 4-205. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 4-101 Maine Community College System Office: means the office of the president of the system, together with the offices of supporting staff, as established in section 12710. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12701 Maine market dealer: means any dealer as defined in subsection 4 who sells milk subject to the price control authority of the Maine Milk Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Maine market producer: means any Maine milk producer selling to a dealer marketing milk on the Maine market, or any agricultural cooperative that buys milk or handles milk for such a producer and sells it to such a dealer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Maine Milk Pool: means the sum of collections as prescribed in section 3153, from Maine market producers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Maine resident: means a person who has been a resident of the State for a minimum of one year as determined by rule of the authority who shall consider:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101Maine resident: means a person who has been a resident of the State for a minimum of 2 years for purposes other than education at the time of the person's entry to a school of veterinary medicine as determined by rule of the authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12121 Maine resident: means a person who has been a resident of the State for a minimum of 2 years at the time of the person's entry to dental school for purposes other than education, as determined by rule of the authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12301 manufacturer: includes the importer or first domestic distributor of the consumer product if the person who manufactured or assembled the consumer product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product does not have a presence in the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Manufacturer: means a person that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102Marine organism: means an animal or plant that inhabits intertidal zones or waters below head of tide. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Market: means any city, town or parts thereof of the State, or 2 or more of the same or parts thereof designated by the commission as a natural marketing area. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Market agreement: means an agreement with the commissioner entered into pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Market order: means an order issued by the commissioner pursuant to this subchapter, prescribing rules governing the marketing, distribution, sale or handling, in any manner of any agricultural commodity during any specified period. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Memorandum of Understanding: means the Memorandum of Understanding Between the State of Maine of the United States and the Province of New Brunswick of Canada Regarding the St. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 992 Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, goats or sheep. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Milk: means any of the following, regardless of the presence of any flavoring:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951Milk: means cows' milk and includes cream. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Milk: includes cream and one quart of cream is considered the equivalent of 4 quarts of milk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 Milk distributor: means any person who offers for sale or sells to another person any milk or milk products in their final form. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Milk plant: means any place, premises or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, aseptically processed, bottled or otherwise prepared for distribution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Milk producer: means any person who operates a dairy farm and provides, sells or offers milk or milk products for sale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Milk products: means cream, light cream, light whipping cream, heavy cream, heavy whipping cream, whipped cream, whipped light cream, sour cream, acidified sour cream, cultured sour cream, milk, butter, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, nonfat dry milk solids, half-and-half, sour half-and-half, acidified sour half-and-half, cultured sour half-and-half, concentrated milk and milk products, skim milk, reconstituted or recombined milk and milk products, low-fat milk, light milk, reduced fat milk, homogenized milk, frozen milk concentrate, eggnog, cultured milk, buttermilk, yogurt, cottage cheese, creamed cottage cheese, acidified milk, low-sodium milk, lactose-reduced milk, aseptically processed and packaged milk and milk products, milk with added safe and suitable microbial organisms and any other milk product, frozen dairy dessert or frozen dairy dessert mix, cheese or other product designated as a milk product by the commissioner that is made by the addition or subtraction of milkfat or addition of safe and suitable optional ingredients for protein, vitamin or mineral fortification. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Milk transport tank: means a vehicle, including the truck and tank, used by a bulk milk hauler and sampler or milk tank vehicle driver to transport bulk shipments of milk from a milk plant, receiving station or transfer station to another milk plant, receiving station or transfer station. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Milk transportation company: means a company responsible for a milk transport tank. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Minor: means an unemancipated individual who is under 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Minor subject to conservatorship: means a minor for whom a conservator has been appointed under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Minor subject to guardianship: means a minor for whom a guardian has been appointed under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Minority: when used in reference to age shall mean under the age of 18. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 misbranded: as used in this chapter or chapter 103 applies to all articles of commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer or food, the package or label of which bears any statement, design or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substances contained therein, that is false or misleading in any particular or that is falsely branded in any particular. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 484 Mixed wood type: means forests in which neither hardwoods nor softwood comprise 75% of the stand but are a combination of both. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Mortgagee: shall be construed to include the heirs and assigns of the mortgagee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money. Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money. Multiple use: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1831Municipal officers: means the mayor, councillors and aldermen of cities, the members of the select board of towns and the assessors of plantations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Municipal tax increment percentage: means , with respect to tax increment financing districts, the specified percentage of captured assessed value retained as provided in Title 30?A, section 5227 and allocated to the municipality for the municipality's own authorized project costs as provided in Title 30?A, section 5225. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691 Municipality: shall include cities, towns and plantations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 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 National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC Noncitizen: means any person who is not a United States citizen. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I Nonrefillable: means a beverage container that, after being used by a consumer, is not to be reused as a beverage container by a manufacturer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Nonreserved public lands: means all public domain lands, public islands in inland and coastal waters, lands acquired under section 8003, subsection 3, paragraph N, lands acquired by the bureau pursuant to other lawful authority and any other lands the management and control of which are not otherwise provided for by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Nonresident tuition: means tuition charged to persons who are not residents in the state where an institution of allopathic or osteopathic medical education with which the authority has a contract is located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Northern Maine market producer: means any Maine milk producer located in Aroostook County or Washington County or that portion of Penobscot County north of and including the minor civil divisions of Medway, T. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Not pasteurized: means any milk or milk product that has not been subjected to the temperature and time requirements of pasteurization using equipment designed for pasteurization or has not been aseptically processed and packaged. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Notice: means written notification served personally, sent by certified mail or sent by first-class mail to the last known address of the person for whom the notification is intended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Nuisance species: means an aquatic or terrestrial nonindigenous species that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species, the ecological stability of infested waters or commercial, agricultural, aquacultural or recreational activity dependent on such waters as identified by the department through rulemaking. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1861 Nutrition: means the study of proper and balanced diet to promote health, especially in human beings. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 Nutrition education: means helping and educating people in the selection of food for the primary purpose of nourishing their bodies in health throughout the life cycle and helping and educating people in extending and teaching knowledge of food and nutrition principles, including promotion and research, and the application of these principles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 Oil: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 15. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Open space land: means any area of land, including state wildlife and management areas, sanctuaries and preserves designated as such in Title 12, the preservation or restriction of the use of which provides a public benefit in any of the following areas:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102operator: means a person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises a lead abatement activity within a building, structure or facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Operator of a vending machine: means an owner of a vending machine, the person who refills it or the owner or lessee of the property upon which it is located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Orchard land: means the combined acreage within a farm unit of land devoted to the cultivation of trees bearing edible fruit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Over-order premium: means that part of the minimum Class I, Class II and Class III prices established by the Maine Milk Commission pursuant to chapter 603, that exceeds the applicable Class I, Class II and Class III prices established pursuant to the northeast marketing area milk marketing order as adjusted to reflect the increased costs of production pursuant to section 2954, subsection 2, paragraph A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Overall length: means the horizontal distance stated in feet and defined as the straight line measurement over the deck, excluding sheer, from the foremost part of the watercraft to the aftermost part, measured parallel to the centerline, excluding outboard motors, brackets, bowsprits, rudders and similar attachments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Owner: means a person or persons claiming lawful possession of a watercraft by virtue of legal title, equitable interest or a leasehold interest in the watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Owner or operator: means a person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises an asbestos abatement activity within a building, structure or facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Parent: means a parent, guardian or legal guardian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Parent: means a natural or adoptive parent or a parent established under Title 19?A, chapter 61, unless parental rights have been terminated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Parent: means a person who has established a parent-child relationship with the child under Title 19?A, chapter 61 and whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Park: means any area of land or an interest in land, with or without improvements, that is acquired by or under the control of the State, managed primarily for public recreation or conservation purposes and classified by the director as a park, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801Participant: means any person who has entered into a participation agreement pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 participating water district: as used in this chapter , means a water district, as defined by Title 35?A, section 6101, subsection 3, included in the application provided for by section 2002. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2001 Participation agreement: means an agreement between a participant and the authority providing for the establishment by the participant of one or more accounts within the program fund and for the administration of those accounts for the benefit of the participant and of one or more beneficiaries. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Party: means an interested person within the meaning of section 1?201, subsection 26, including the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Pastureland: means the combined acreage within a farm unit of land devoted to the production of forage plants used for animal production. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Permanent residence: means that place where an individual has a true, fixed and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual, whenever absent, has the intention of returning. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681 Permanent resident: means an individual who has established a permanent residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681 permanently: means for at least 20 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Persistent vegetative state: means a state that occurs after coma in which the patient totally lacks higher cortical and cognitive function, but maintains vegetative brain stem processes, with no realistic possibility of recovery, as diagnosed in accordance with acceptable medical standards. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Person: means any individual, plant operator, partnership, corporation, company, firm, trustee, association or institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other unit, and the State and all political subdivisions or agencies thereof, except state owned and operated institutions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Person: means an individual, corporation, facility, institution or agency, public or private. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, society, club, corporation, financial institution, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, assignee or any other group or combination acting as a unit, the State or Federal Government or any political subdivision or agency of either government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Person: means any individual, business entity, governmental body or other public or private entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, legal representative or any organized group or business unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Person: means any individual, business entity, governmental body or other public or private entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Person: means and includes any corporation, association, copartnership or one or more individuals. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1401 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine under Title 32. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Pick-up agent: means an initiator of deposit, a distributor or a contracted agent of an initiator of deposit or a distributor that receives redeemed beverage containers from a redemption center and transports those containers for recycling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Place: shall include municipalities, townships and any other unorganized area. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Planning board: means a planning board created for the purpose of planning in any municipality or the Maine Land Use Planning Commission in the unorganized territory. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Plant price: means the F. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Political subdivision: means any city, town, plantation, county, administrative entity or instrumentality created pursuant to Title 30?A, chapter 115 or 119, or quasi-municipal corporation or special purpose district, including, but not limited to, any water district or sanitary district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 Polystyrene foam: means blown polystyrene and expanded or extruded foams using a styrene monomer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571 Post-secondary educational institution: means the University of Maine System, the Maine Maritime Academy and the community colleges. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12552 Postsecondary educational institution: means the University of Maine System, the Maine Maritime Academy and the Maine Community College System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12571 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 Power of attorney for health care: means the designation of an agent with capacity to make health care decisions for the individual granting the power. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Practical quantification limit: means the lowest concentration of a chemical that can be reliably measured within specified limits of precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness and comparability during routine laboratory operating conditions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial. Premises: means the property of the dealer or the dealer's lessor on which a sale is made. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 President: means the president of a community college. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12701 President of the system: means the President of the Maine Community College System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12701 President of the system: means the President of the Maine Community College System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12741 Primarily: means more than 50% of the time;
(b) "Retail sales activity" means an activity associated with the selection and retail purchase of goods or rental of tangible personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691Primary health care: means general or family practice of medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general dentistry and obstetrics and gynecology. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Primary physician: means a physician designated by an individual with capacity or by the individual's agent, guardian or surrogate to have primary responsibility for the individual's health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not reasonably available, a physician who undertakes the responsibility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Principal: means the person who supervises the operation and management of a school and school property as determined necessary by the superintendent under policies established by the school board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Priority chemical: means a chemical identified as such by the department pursuant to section 1694, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Priority toxic chemical: means a chemical that has been identified by the department pursuant to section 2323. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 Private drinking water well: means a well that is used to supply water for human consumption and that is not a public drinking water well. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. Probate: Proving a will Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Processor: means any person, other than a consumer, who purchases or contracts to purchase an agricultural commodity primarily for manufacture into food or other products by operations which change the physical form which that agricultural commodity possessed when produced. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Processor: means any person other than a consumer who purchases or contracts to purchase licensed commodities primarily for manufacture into articles of food by operations which change the physical form the commodities possessed when harvested. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Producer: means a person that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771Producer: means any person who produces milk and sells such milk only to dealers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Producer: means any person who produces milk and sells milk to a dealer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Producer: means any person who produces milk and sells the milk to a dealer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 Producer: means any person engaged within this State in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, for any market, any agricultural commodity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Producer dealer: means any dealer who produces a part or all of that dealer's milk and sells milk to other than a dealer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Producer dealer: means a dealer who produces a part or all of that dealer's milk or a person who produces milk and sells to a grocery store, dairy products' store or similar commercial establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2997 Producer-dealer: means a dealer who produces a part or all of the dealer's milk or a person who produces milk and sells to a grocery store or dairy products store or similar commercial establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Producer-dealer: means a dealer who produces a part or all of the dealer's milk or a person who produces milk and sells to a grocery store or dairy products store or similar commercial establishment, and includes an agricultural cooperative comprised solely of dairy farmers that wholly owns and operates its processing facilities, and whose individual members hold a share of that ownership that is in direct proportion to that individual's share of all milk produced by cooperative members for the cooperative, except that such an agricultural cooperative is a "producer-dealer" under this chapter only if it was in existence on January 1, 1986, and had been recognized on or before that date by the commissioner as meeting the criteria established in this subsection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Product: means an item intended for sale within the State that is identified pursuant to section 1772 as appropriate for a product stewardship program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Product category: means a group of similar products designated pursuant to section 1772 for the purpose of establishing product stewardship programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Product stewardship: means a producer's taking responsibility for managing and reducing the life-cycle impacts of the producer's product, from product design to end-of-life management. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Product stewardship program: includes a program financed through an assessment paid by the producers to a stewardship organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Program: means the Maine Veterinary Medicine Loan Program established under section 12122. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12121 Program: means the Maine Engineers Recruitment and Retention Program established in section 12522. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12521 Program: means the Higher Education Loan Purchase Program established by this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11492 Program earnings: means all interest, dividends, premiums, fees, profits upon disposition of assets and other revenue actually received by or on behalf of the program with respect to any assets held within the program fund to which that asset may be credited, less all administrative costs of the program and the program fund, as periodically determined by the authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11471 Project supervisor: includes , but is not limited to, an abatement project supervisor employed by a contractor or by an in-house lead abatement unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Property: shall be construed to mean both real estate and personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property, tangible and intangible, or any interest therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Proprietary information: means information that is a trade secret or production, commercial or financial information the disclosure of which would impair the competitive position of the submittor and would make available information not otherwise publicly available. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Proprietary information: means information that is a trade secret or production, commercial or financial information the disclosure of which would impair the competitive position of the submittor and would make available information not otherwise publicly available. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. protected person: means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; public corporation; government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Protective arrangement instead of conservatorship: means a court order entered under section 5?503. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Protective arrangement instead of guardianship: means a court order entered under section 5?502. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Protective arrangement instead of guardianship or conservatorship: means a court order entered under Part 5, including an order authorizing a single transaction or more than one related transaction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Protective order: means an order appointing a conservator or other order related to management or disposition of an adult's property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Protective proceeding: means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Public agency: means a governmental entity as defined in Title 14, section 8102, subsection 2 or a political subdivision as defined in Title 14, section 8102, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12552 Public building: means any building constructed before 1978, except residences and child care facilities, that is generally open to the public or occupied or visited by children, including, but not limited to, schools, day care centers, museums, airport terminals, hospitals, stores, restaurants, office buildings, convention centers and government buildings. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Public drinking water well: means a drinking water supply well for a public water system as defined in Title 22, section 2601, subsection 8. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Public entity: means the State, any of its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of either. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Public entity: means the State, any of its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of either. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Public right-of-way: is a n improved roadway maintained for passage by motor vehicles in which the owner of fee does not control the right of passage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 Public school: means a school that is governed by a school board of a school administrative unit and funded primarily with public funds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Publicly supported secondary school: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1Qualified property: means tangible personal property that:
(1) Is used or held for use exclusively for a business purpose by the person in possession of it or, in the case of construction in progress or inventory parts, is intended to be used exclusively for a business purpose by the person who will possess that property; and
(2) Either:
(a) Was subject to an allowance for depreciation under the Code on April 1st of the property tax year for which a claim for exemption under this subchapter is filed or would have been subject to an allowance for depreciation under the Code as of that date but for the fact that the property has been fully depreciated; or
(b) In the case of construction in progress or inventory parts, would be subject under the Code to an allowance for depreciation when placed in service or would have been subject to an allowance for depreciation under the Code as of that date but for the fact that the property has been fully depreciated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691Qualified telecommunications equipment: includes equipment used to provide telegraph service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 457 Qualifying Maine-based medical school program: means an allopathic or osteopathic medical school program affiliated with a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or its successor or the American Osteopathic Association or its successor in which:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101Qualifying shareholder: means a person who is a:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681Radioactive substance: means any substance which emits ionizing radiation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Reasonably available: means practicable based on cost, efficacy, availability and other factors as determined by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 Reasonably available: means readily able to be contacted without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner considering the urgency of the patient's health care needs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Receiving station: means any place, premise or establishment where raw milk is received, collected, handled, stored or cooled and prepared for further transporting. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Records: means books, records, accounts, memoranda or other data pertaining to the purchase and distribution of milk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC recycle: means a series of activities by which material that has reached the end of its current use is processed into material for use in the production of new products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Recycling: means the transforming or remanufacturing of an unwanted product or the unwanted product's components and by-products into usable or marketable materials. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Redemption center: means a place of business that deals in acceptance of empty returnable beverage containers from either consumers or from dealers, or both, and that is licensed under section 3113. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Refillable: means a beverage container that, after being used by a consumer, is to be reused as a beverage container at least 5 times by a manufacturer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Registered mail: shall be construed to include certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 Registration period: means from January 1st to December 31st of the year for which the certificate of number is issued pursuant to Title 12, section 13056. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Relative: includes , for an Indian child as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 4, or by the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 8, an extended family member as defined by the law or custom of the Indian child's tribe or, in the absence of such law or custom, an extended family member as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 2 or the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings. Renovation and remodeling: means the replacement or reconstruction of any part of a residence in which the primary intent is to repair, restore or remodel a given structure, which may incidentally result in the reduction of lead-based paint hazards. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Resident creditor: means a person domiciled in or doing business in this State who is, or could be, a claimant against an estate of a nonresident decedent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 4-101 Residential dwelling: means a room or group of rooms that form a single independent habitable unit for occupation by one or more individuals that has facilities with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, including common areas and appurtenant structures. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Residential structure: means a building used for human habitation as a seasonal or year-round residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Resource family: means a person or persons who provide care to a child in the child welfare system and who are foster parents, permanency guardians, adoptive parents or members of the child's extended birth family. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Respondent: means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Respondent: means an individual for whom appointment of a guardian or conservator or a protective arrangement instead of guardianship or conservatorship is sought. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Responsible party: means any one or more of the following persons:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362Retail sale: means a doorstep delivery and over-the-counter sales by stores. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Retail sales facility: means a structure used to serve customers who are physically present at the facility for the purpose of selection and retail purchase of goods or rental of tangible personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691 Retail store: means a grocery store, dairy product store or any similar commercial establishment where milk is sold to consumers for consumption off the premises. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Retailer: means a person engaged in the business of buying licensed commodities in wholesale quantities and reselling the licensed commodities bought, primarily to consumers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Return: means any document, digital file or electronic data transmission containing information required by this Title to be reported to the State Tax Assessor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Return service: means service in a public elementary or secondary school, publicly supported secondary school, special education facility as defined in section 7001, subsection 6 or private school in this State approved for tuition purposes for a full school year as a certified teacher or a speech pathologist, service as a Jobs for Maine's Graduates specialist with similar teacher certification or service for a 12-month period in a child care facility by an individual who has attained child care provider qualifications. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Reuse: means a change in ownership of a product or component in a product for use in the same manner and purpose for which it was originally produced. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Reverse vending machine: means an automated device that meets the requirements of rules adopted by the department and that uses a laser scanner or optical sensor and microprocessor to accurately recognize the universal product code on each beverage container and to accumulate information regarding containers redeemed, enabling the reverse vending machine to accept containers from redeemers and to issue script for the containers' refund value. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust). Rice milk: means any liquid intended for internal human consumption of which the primary protein source is rice protein derived from partially milled brown rice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners. Risk assessment: means the on-site assessment to determine the existence, nature, severity and location of lead hazards and the provision of a written report explaining the results of the assessment and the options for reducing lead hazards. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Risk assessor: means an individual who has been trained to conduct risk assessments as well as lead inspections. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Runaway: means an unmarried child under 18 years of age who is absent from the home of a parent or guardian or other lawful placement without the consent of the parent, guardian or lawful custodian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-D Safer alternative: means an alternative that, when compared to a priority chemical that it could replace, would reduce the potential for harm to human health or the environment or that has not been shown to pose the same or greater potential for harm to human health or the environment as that priority chemical. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Sale: includes every contract of purchase or sale, contract to purchase or sell, purchase, sale and disposition of licensed commodities for value. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 SARA: means the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 Secondary school: means that portion of a school that provides instruction in any combination of grades 9 through 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Seller: means any person who sells or contracts to sell licensed commodities in the regular course of business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 452 Service ware: means a container, bowl, plate, tray, carton, cup, lid, sleeve, stirrer or other item designed to be used to contain, transport, serve or consume food or beverages. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102Similar circumstances: means conditions that have an effect on a child comparable to abuse, neglect or abandonment, including, but not limited to, the death of a parent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I Site: includes all structures, appurtenances, improvements, equipment, machinery, containers, tanks and conveyances on the site. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 Softwood type: means forests in which pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, cedar and larch, singly or in combination, comprise 75% or more of the stocking. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 State: includes an Indian tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 State banking or lending agency: means any state agency that provides loans, guarantees or other financial assistance, including the Finance Authority of Maine, the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Maine State Housing Authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 State board: means the State Board of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 State paper: means the newspaper designated by the Legislature, in which advertisements and notices are required to be published. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights. Stewardship organization: means a corporation, nonprofit organization or other legal entity created by a producer or group of producers to implement a product stewardship program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Store: means a grocery store, dairy product store, canteen, milk vending machine operator, milk dispensing operator or any similar commercial establishment or outlet or any other sale where milk is sold to consumers for consumption off the premises where sold. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Store: means a grocery store, dairy products' store, canteen, milk vending machine operator, milk dispensing operator or any similar commercial establishment or outlet or any other place or method of sale in which milk is sold to consumers for consumption off the premises. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2991 Strong sensitizer: means any substance which will cause on normal living tissue through an allergic or photodynamic process a hypersensitivity which becomes evident on reapplication of the same substance and which is designated as such by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Structure: means any object of a significant nature constructed or erected with a fixed location on or in the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location or in the ground, which may include, but is not limited to, buildings, mobile homes, walls, fences, billboards, signs, piers and floats. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 Student loan: means a loan under this chapter to or for the benefit of a student enrolled or to be enrolled in an eligible program of study at an institution of higher education that meets the other requirements of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11459 Student pursuing postbaccalaureate certification: means a student who has earned a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent and is pursuing a program of study leading to certification as a teacher or speech pathologist or to the attainment of child care provider qualifications. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Stumpage value: means the average value of standing timber before it is cut expressed in terms of dollars per unit of measure as determined by the State Tax Assessor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Sub-dealer: means any person who does not process milk and who purchases milk from a dealer and sells such milk in the same containers in which the person purchased it, but does not include a store. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents. Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Superstructure: means a large steel or other industrial structure, including, but not limited to bridges or water towers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Supervising health care provider: means the primary physician or, if there is no primary physician or the primary physician is not reasonably available, the health care provider who has undertaken primary responsibility for a patient's health care. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Support the conduct of commercial fishing activities: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132Supported decision making: means assistance from one or more persons of an individual's choosing:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102Surrogate: means an individual with capacity, other than a patient's agent or guardian, authorized under this Part to make health care decisions as provided in section 5?806. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Suspicious child death: means the death of a child under circumstances in which there is reasonable cause to suspect that abuse or neglect was a cause of or factor contributing to the child's death. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Sustained yield: means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of the nonreserved public lands without impairing the productivity of the land. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1831 System: means the Maine Community College System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12701 System: means the Maine Community College System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12741 Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Tax collector: shall mean any person chosen, appointed or designated by a municipality or the officers thereof to collect any tax due a municipality; or his successor in office. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501 Taxable year: means from January 1st to December 31st. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Taxpayer: means any person required to file a return under this Title or to pay, withhold and pay over or collect and pay over any tax imposed by this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111 Telecommunications business: means a person engaged in the activity of providing interactive 2-way communication services for compensation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 457 Terminal condition: means an incurable and irreversible condition that, without the administration of life-sustaining treatment, in the opinion of the primary physician, will result in death within a relatively short time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death. TIF exempt business equipment: means exempt business equipment that is located within a tax increment financing district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691 Timber and grass: when used in reference to the public reserved lots, so called, in unorganized territory in the State, means all growth of every description on said lots. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Toxic: means any substance other than a radioactive substance that has the inherent capacity to produce bodily injury or illness to humans through ingestion, inhalation or absorption through any body surface. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502 Toxic chemical: means a chemical that has been identified as a chemical of concern pursuant to section 1693 or a chemical the use or release of which is subject to reporting under the SARA, Title III, Section 312 or 313. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 Training manager: means the individual responsible for administering a training program and monitoring the performance of principal instructors and guest instructors. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Training provider: means a person providing training that is necessary to fulfill certification or licensing requirements under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1272 Training provider: means a person providing training that is necessary to fulfill certification or licensing requirements under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition. Transfer station: means any place, premises or establishment where milk or milk products are transferred directly from one milk transport tank to another. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2900 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Tributary stream: means a channel between defined banks and associated flood plain wetlands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor. uncontrolled site: means an area or location, whether or not licensed, at which hazardous substances are or were handled or otherwise came to be located, if it is concluded by the commissioner that the site poses a threat or hazard to the health, safety or welfare of any person or to the natural environment and that action under this chapter is necessary to abate, clean up or mitigate that threat or hazard. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 Undergraduate: means an individual who has not been awarded any baccalaureate degree and who is currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student at an institution of higher education, including a graduating high school senior. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Underground oil storage facility: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 21. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Underserved geographic areas: means those geographic areas of the State where there is an insufficient supply of teachers or speech pathologists as determined by the chief executive officer in consultation with the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Underserved geographic region: means a geographic region of the State in which there is an insufficient number of practitioners of veterinary medicine, as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12121 Underserved group: means a population group in the State receiving insufficient primary health care, as determined by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Underserved population area: means an area in the State that is a dental health professional shortage area or medically underserved area or that contains a medically underserved population as defined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12301 Underserved specialty: means a medical specialty in which there are insufficient practitioners either throughout the State or within a designated geographic area of the State, as determined by rule of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12101 Underserved subject areas: means those subjects or programs, required or authorized to be taught in the public schools, for which there is an insufficient supply of teachers or speech pathologists as determined by the chief executive officer in consultation with the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A Unflavored soymilk: means any liquid containing no additional flavoring ingredients and intended for internal human consumption, the primary protein source of which is soy protein derived from whole soybeans, isolated soy protein, soy protein concentrate, soy flour, spray-dried tofu or spray-dried soymilk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Unmet need: means the difference between the total cost of attendance for an academic year at an institution of higher education and the total of all sources of financial assistance, including loans, grants, work-study programs and all other available sources, as determined by the authority by rules adopted in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 11459 Unwanted product: means a product that is no longer wanted by its owner or that has been abandoned or discarded or is intended to be discarded by its owner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1771 Use: means to manufacture, process or otherwise use a priority toxic chemical or to use a product or material that contains a priority toxic chemical if so designated by the department in rules adopted under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 Use or consumption: means the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incident to the ownership thereof, other than the sale, storage or retention for the purpose of sale of a beverage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 used: means "intended to be used. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691 Used predominantly: means used more than 90% for commercial fishing activity, allowing for limited uses for noncommercial or nonfishing activities if those activities are minor and purely incidental to a property's predominant use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Used primarily: means used more than 50% for commercial fishing activity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services. Utilization rate: means the percentage of milk produced that is used as Class I or fluid milk, the percentage of milk produced that is used as Class II milk and the percentage of milk that is used as Class III milk. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3152 Value of the annual net wood production: means the average annual net wood production rate per acre for a forest type multiplied by the weighted average of the stumpage values of all species in the type. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573 Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried. Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge. Watercraft: means any type of vessel, boat, canoe or craft capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, other than a seaplane, including motors, electronic and mechanical equipment and other machinery, whether permanently or temporarily attached, and which are customarily used in the operations of the watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503 Waterway: means the St. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 992 Wellhead protection zone: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392Wetlands: means marshes, bogs, swamps and other areas exceeding 1,000 square feet, periodically covered by water which exhibit predominantly aquatic vegetation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 952 Wholesale sale: means sale to any other person not included in retail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951 Wildlife habitat: means land that is subject to a written management agreement between the landowner and either the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to ensure that the habitat benefits provided by the land are not lost. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1102 Wine cooler: means a beverage of less than 8% alcohol content by volume consisting of wine and:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102Working waterfront land: means a parcel of land, or a portion thereof, abutting water to the head of tide or land located in the intertidal zone that is used primarily or used predominantly to provide access to or support the conduct of commercial fishing activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132 Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.