Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 4 Sec. 10

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
A facsimile of the signature of the clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court imprinted by or at the clerk’s direction upon any writ, summons, subpoena, order or notice or order of attachment, except executions and criminal process, has the same validity as the clerk’s written signature. [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §2 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY

RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §2 (COR).