Maine Revised Statutes > Title 39-A > Part 3 – Employer’s Liability
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 39-A > Part 3 - Employer's Liability
- 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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- 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.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72