Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 7 > Part 1 > Chapter 5 - Board of Agriculture and Maine Agricultural Experiment Station

• agricultural labor: includes any service performed:
  (1) On a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training and management of livestock, bees, poultry and fur-bearing animals and wildlife;
  (2) In the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm, in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment, or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a hurricane, if the major part of such service is performed on a farm;
  (3) In connection with the production or harvesting of any commodity defined as an agricultural commodity in section 15(g) of the Agricultural Marketing Act, as amended, 12 U. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Annual payroll: means the total amount of wages paid by an employer during a calendar year, not meaning, however, to include that part of individual wages or salaries in excess of $12,000. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Association: means any corporation organized under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 2003
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Base period: means the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year; provided that if the first quarter of the last 5 completed calendar quarters was included in the base period applicable to any individual's previous benefit year, his base period shall be the last 4 completed calendar quarters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Benefit year: means the one-year period beginning with the date with respect to which an insured worker files a request for determination of the worker's insured status, and thereafter the one-year period beginning with the date with respect to which the worker next files such a request after the end of the worker's last preceding benefit year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to his unemployment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Bonds: means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations issued by an authority under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702
• Bureau: means the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, the former Division of Unemployment Compensation in the Bureau of Employment Security. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Calendar quarter: means the period of 3 consecutive calendar months ending on March 31st, June 30th, September 30th or December 31st. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Client company: means a person, association, partnership, corporation or other entity that leases employees from an employee leasing company pursuant to contract. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Commission: means the 3-member Unemployment Insurance Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contributions: means the money payments required by this chapter to be made into the fund by an employer on account of having individuals performing services for him. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• crew leader: means an individual who:
  (i) Furnishes individuals to perform service in agricultural labor for any other person,
  (ii) Pays either on his own behalf or on behalf of such other person, the individuals so furnished by him for the service in agricultural labor performed by them, and
  (iii) Has not entered into a written agreement with such other person under which such individual is designated as an employee of such other person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1043
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Domestic abuse: means any of the following acts between any family or household members or sexual partners whether or not they have lived together: