Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 39-A > Part 2 - Occupational Disease Law

• Civil deputy: means a deputy who meets the requirements for a civil deputy adopted by the sheriff and has been designated by the sheriff to enforce civil laws and serve civil process. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 351
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deputy: means either a full-time or part-time county law enforcement officer appointed under section 381. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 351
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Full-time deputy: means a deputy who is compensated under section 386, subsection 1, and who is employed in county law enforcement for at least 40 hours a week. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 351
• occupational disease: means only a disease that is due to causes and conditions characteristic of a particular trade, occupation, process or employment and that arises out of and in the course of employment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 39-A Sec. 603
• occupational hearing loss: means a sensorineural loss of hearing in one or both ears due to prolonged exposure to injurious noise in employment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 39-A Sec. 612