Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 712 – –security for
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 712
- 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
When any person whose lands are so flowed or from whose lands the water is so diverted files a complaint for ascertaining or increasing the person’s damages, or brings a civil action as provided in section 713, and moves the court to direct the owner or occupant of such mill or canal to give security for the payment of the annual damages, and the court so orders, the owner or occupant refusing or neglecting to give such security has no benefit of this chapter; but is liable to be sued for the damages occasioned by such flowing in a civil action. [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §250 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §250 (COR).