Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 711 – Yearly damages
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 711
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
Such verdict or accepted report of the commissioners, and judgment thereon, shall be the measure of the yearly damages, until the owner or occupant of the lands or the owner or occupant of the mill or canal, on a new complaint to the court and by proceedings as in the former case, obtains an increase or decrease of such damages.