Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 703 – Defenses
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 703
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
The owner or occupant of such mill or canal may answer that the plaintiff has no right, title or estate in the lands alleged to be injured; or that the owner or occupant has a right to maintain such dam, and flow the lands, or divert the water for an agreed price, or without any compensation; or any other matter that may show that the plaintiff cannot maintain the action; but the owner or occupant may not answer that the land described is not injured by such dam or canal. [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §248 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §248 (COR).