Maine Revised Statutes > Title 7 > Part 5 – Plant Industry

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		Sections
Chapter 401	Certified Seed	2101 – 2108
Chapter 403	Seed Potato Board	2151 – 2157
Chapter 404	Arborist Licensing	2171 – 2191
Chapter 405-A	Horticulture	2211 – 2217
Chapter 406	Ginseng	2221 – 2226
Chapter 406-A	Hemp	2231
Chapter 409	Quarantines	2301 – 2303
Chapter 410	Pest Control Compact	2311 – 2328
Chapter 411	Control and Eradication of Potato Pests and Diseases	2351 – 2352
Chapter 413	Integrated Pest Management	2401 – 2406
Chapter 415	Maine Pesticide Education Fund	2421 – 2422

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 7 > Part 5

Abandonment: means any conduct on the part of the parent showing an intent to forego parental duties or relinquish parental claims. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
Aboveground oil storage facility: means any aboveground oil storage tank or tanks, together with associated piping, transfer and dispensing facilities located over land or water of the State at a single location for more than 4 months per year and used or intended to be used for the storage or supply of oil. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
Abuse: includes acts and omissions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3472
Abuse or neglect: means a threat to a child's health or welfare by physical, mental or emotional injury or impairment, sexual abuse or exploitation including under Title 17-A, sections 282, 852, 853 and 855, deprivation of essential needs or lack of protection from these or failure to ensure compliance with school attendance requirements underTitle 20-A, section 3272, subsection 2, paragraph B or section 5051-A, subsection 1, paragraph C, by a person responsible for the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
accumulated contributions: includes as much of the employer's contribution in the Retirement Allowance Fund as is needed to reach 7. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001
Acquired brain injury: means an insult to the brain resulting directly or indirectly from trauma, anoxia, vascular lesions or infection, which:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3086

Actuarial equivalent: means an amount of equal value when computed at an interest rate contained in actuarial assumptions adopted by the board and upon the basis of mortality and service tables adopted by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Actuary: means the individual or the organization designated by the board to be the technical advisor to the board under section 17107. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Administrator: means the Superintendent of Consumer Credit Protection within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1395

Administrator: means the Superintendent of Consumer Credit Protection within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1400-A

Adult: means any person who has attained 18 years of age or who is a legally emancipated minor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3472

Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Adult education: means education programs primarily operated for individuals beyond the compulsory school ages and administered by school administrative units. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Advisory committee: means the Right To Know Advisory Committee established inTitle 5, section 12004-J, subsection 14 and described in section 411. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 431

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.

Affidavit warrant: means a warrant issued in response to a properly sworn charging instrument or affidavit, or both, based on probable cause to believe that an individual has committed a crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 651

Affiliated: means a person, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, who controls, is controlled by or is under common control of, another person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1395

Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.

agency: shall mean a state department, agency, office, board, commission; or quasi-independent agency, board, commission, authority or institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 501

Agent: means an individual:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2942

Agent: means an individual appointed to serve in the capacity of a superintendent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Aggravating factor: means any of the following circumstances with regard to the parent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002

Agriculture: means the production, keeping or maintenance for sale or lease of plants or animals, including, but not limited to, forages and sod crops, grains and seed crops, dairy animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, fruits and vegetables and ornamental and greenhouse products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A

Alias name: means an alternative name, a pseudonym or a placeholder name. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 651

Allegation: something that someone says happened.

Allocation: means the privilege of taking a specified number of passengers per day on whitewater trips on a particular river, as specified annually. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 12901

Alternative education program: means a program in which the primary purpose is to provide at-risk students with curricula and assessment in a setting designed to effectively meet the student's academic, social and relational needs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Alternative learning: means an educational option that a public school or publicly supported program offers at-risk students by offering some combination of the following: alternative education programs; small class size; flexible scheduling; relevant alternative curricula and assessment; mentoring adults; skilled teachers; a focus on social, emotional and relationship skills; collaboration among home, school and social service agencies; and any other measures designed to accommodate the needs of at-risk students. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Alternative name: means a name used by an individual instead of or in addition to the individual's legal name. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 651

Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.

Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purposes of transplantation, therapy, research or education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2942

Ancillary equipment: means devices including, but not limited to, piping, fittings, flanges, valves and pumps used to distribute, meter or control the flow of oil to an underground storage tank. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Annual base compensation: means a member's gross compensation, based upon amounts reported by the member's employer on the member's previous year's federal wage and tax statement, that is used the first day of each April for setting the amount of coverage prior to retirement for participants in the group life insurance program administered by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Annual percentage rate: The cost of credit at a yearly rate. It is calculated in a standard way, taking the average compound interest rate over the term of the loan so borrowers can compare loans. Lenders are required by law to disclose a card account's APR. ^{Source: FDIC}

Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.

Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.

Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.

Applicant: means the owner or operator of an underground oil storage facility or an aboveground oil storage facility that has suffered a discharge of oil and who is seeking coverage of eligible clean-up costs and 3rd-party damage claims from the fund. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Appraisal: A determination of property value.

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

Approved private school: means a private school approved for attendance purposes under chapter 117. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Arborist: means a person who, for compensation, takes down or fells, diagnoses or evaluates the condition of shade or ornamental trees; solicits, recommends or supervises the treatment of those trees; or in any manner or for any purpose treats or cares for those trees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2173

Area of sales responsibility: means the geographical area agreed to by the dealer and the manufacturer in the dealer agreement within which the dealer has the exclusive right to display the manufacturer's new recreational vehicles of a particular line make to the retail public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1432

Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.

Article: means a product as distinguished from its trademark, label or distinctive dress in packaging;

[PL 1969, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1211

ASHRAE: means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413

Assigned justice or judge: means the Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Superior Court or the judge authorized to sit in the Superior Court on post-conviction review cases who is assigned the post-conviction review proceeding when a special assignment has been made. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 2121

At-risk: means there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child's health, safety and welfare is in jeopardy due to abuse, neglect, abandonment or similar circumstances and that return to the child's or the child's parent's country of origin or country of last habitual residence would not be in the best interest of the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I

Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.

Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.

Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.

Average final compensation: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Average member of the critical group: means a member of the critical group who is subjected to the most likely exposure situation based on prudently conservative exposure assumptions and parameter values within the model calculations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451

Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.

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.

Barrel: shall mean 42 U. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Barrel: means 42 United States gallons at 60° Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.

Bench warrant: means an arrest warrant issued by an authorized judicial officer that directs a law enforcement officer to seize or detain an individual and includes the following types of arrest warrants:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 651

Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}

Beneficiary: means a person or persons designated by a member to receive a benefit under this Part or a person otherwise entitled to receive a benefit under this Part. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Benefit: means any payment made, or required to be made, to a beneficiary under chapter 423, subchapter V or chapter 425, subchapter V. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Bequest: Property gifted by will.

Biomedical waste: means waste that may contain human pathogens of sufficient virulence and in sufficient concentrations that exposure to it by a susceptible human host could result in disease or that may contain cytotoxic chemicals used in medical treatment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Board: means the Manufactured Housing Board or its employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061

Board: means the Maine Motor Vehicle Franchise Board created pursuant to section 1187. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1171

Board: means the Manufactured Housing Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9002

Board: means the board of trustees, established under section 12004-F, subsection 9, to administer the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Board of directors: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a school administrative district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

BTU: means British Thermal Unit which is the amount of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413

Bureau: means the Bureau of General Services within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services as authorized pursuant toTitle 5, section 1742. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2101-A

Butt measure: means the lineal measure of the butt end of tree length wood, without subsequent conversion to volume by any means. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 2361-A

Butt scale: means the volume measure of wood based solely on measurement of the butt end of individual trees and converted to volume by any means. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 2361-A

Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-103

By-product material: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451

Bypass: means any solid waste that is destined for disposal, processing or beneficial use at an operating solid waste facility but that cannot be disposed of, processed or beneficially used at that facility because of the facility's temporary malfunction, temporary insufficient capacity, temporary inability to process or burn or temporary downtime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Camping trailer: means a trailer constructed with collapsible partial side walls that fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold at the campsite to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1432

Case plan prescription: means a plan developed by the family support team. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4092

Cathodic protection tester: means an underground storage tank installer certified by the Maine Board of Underground Storage Tank Installers or a person certified by the commissioner pursuant to section 567-A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Center: means a community-based area health education center that is designated in accordance with section 12857 or that exists on the effective date of this chapter and contracts with the system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12851

Certification mark: means a mark used in connection with the goods or services of a person other than the certifier to indicate geographic origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy or other characteristics of the goods or services or to indicate that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or other organization;

[PL 1969, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1211

certified seed: as used in this Title shall be deemed to mean potato, vegetable, forage crop or grain seeds as shall have been grown and prepared for sale in accordance with regulations laid down by the commissioner and for which a certificate or tag has been issued as provided in section 2103. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2101

Certified seed source: means a source of hemp seeds that are certified by a 3rd party as producing hemp having a delta?9?tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2231

Chambers: A judge's office.

Charter: means a private and special law or series of private and special laws that establishes a sewer district and defines its responsibilities and authorities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032

Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.

Chief Medical Examiner: means the Office of Chief Medical Examiner within the Office of the Attorney General. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2942

child: means an unmarried person who has not attained 21 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I

Child: means any person who is less than 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002

Child: means any natural or legally adopted, born or unborn, progeny of a member. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Child protection proceeding: means a proceeding on a child protection petition under subchapter IV, a subsequent proceeding to review or modify a case disposition under section 4038, an appeal under section 4006, a proceeding on a termination petition under subchapter VI, or a proceeding on a medical treatment petition under subchapter VIII. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002

Circumstantial evidence: All evidence except eyewitness testimony.

Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.

Class I liquid: means any liquid having a flash point below 100° Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Class II liquid: means any liquid having a flash point at or above 100° Fahrenheit and below 140° Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.

Client: means the taxpayer with whom the exchange facilitator enters into an agreement described in subsection 4, paragraph A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1395

Clone: means a hemp plant produced using any part of another hemp plant other than the seeds of that hemp plant. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2231

Closing reserve fund: means a fund created for the purpose of financing the closing and maintenance after closing of a waste facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Coastal waters: means all waters of the State within the rise and fall of the tide and to a distance of 12 miles from the coastline of the State but does not include areas above any fishway or dam when the fishway or dam is the dividing line between tidewater and fresh water. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Code: means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.

Collective mark: means a mark used by members of a cooperative, association or other collective group or organization to identify goods or services and distinguish them from those of others, or to indicate membership in the collective group or organization;

[PL 1969, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1211

Commercial: means for financial compensation or other remuneration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 12901

commercial activities: includes any solid waste generated by retail and wholesale establishments, including, but not limited to, food waste, corrugated containerboard, metals and plastics. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1705

Commercial hazardous waste facility: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Commercial landfill facility: means a commercial solid waste facility that is used for the burial of solid waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Commercial solid waste disposal facility: means a solid waste disposal facility except as follows:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services or a designated representative in the geographical area in which the person resides or is present. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3472

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061

Commissioner: includes a designee of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2211

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13054

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.

Common disaster: A sudden and extraordinary misfortune that brings about the simultaneous or near-simultaneous deaths of two or more associated persons, such as husband and wife.

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.

Communication common carrier: means any telephone or telegraph company. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 709

Community school district: means a state-approved unit of school administration composed of more than one municipality or school administrative district which may provide public education for any combination of kindergarten through grade 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

community well-being check program: means a voluntary program that involves daily, or regular, contact with a participant and, when contact cannot be established, sends first responders to the participant's residence to check on the participant's well-being. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 402

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Conditioned floor area: means the floor area within the building which is actively heated or cooled by a heating, ventilating or air conditioning system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413

Conditioned space: means space within the building which is actively heated or cooled by a heating, ventilating or air conditioning system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413

Construction and demolition debris: means debris resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of structures. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Consumer: means an individual who uses, purchases, acquires, attempts to purchase or acquire or is offered or furnished goods or services, other than insurance, for personal, family or household purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1391

Consumer: means the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, or the lessee, of a motor vehicle, any person to whom the motor vehicle is transferred during the duration of an express warranty applicable to the motor vehicle and any other person entitled by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty, except that the term "consumer" shall not include any governmental entity, or any business or commercial enterprise which registers 3 or more motor vehicles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1161

Consumer: means a natural person who purchases or contracts to purchase consumer goods. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1231

Consumer arbitration: means binding arbitration under a consumer arbitration agreement in which a party to the arbitration is a consumer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1391

Consumer arbitration agreement: means a standard contract with a consumer concerning the use of, purchase of, acquisition of, attempt to purchase or acquire, offer of or furnishing of goods or services, other than insurance, for personal, family or household purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1391

Consumer goods: means any objects, wares, commodities or services offered for sale and intended to be used by consumers for personal, family or household purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1231

Contempt warrant: means a bench warrant issued by a judicial order:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 651

Contents: when used with respect to any wire or oral communication, means any information concerning the identity of the parties to such communication or the existence, contents, substance, purport or meaning of that communication. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 709

Contingency reserve fund: means a fund maintained for the purpose of meeting unexpected contingencies in the operation of a waste facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.

Contract for sale: includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 2-106

Conveyance: means any aircraft, watercraft, vehicle or other machine used for transportation on land, water or in the air. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Corrosion expert: means a person who is certified by the commissioner pursuant to section 567-A, as qualified to engage in the practice of corrosion control on buried or submerged metal piping systems and metal tanks. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Cost to the retailer: shall mean the invoice cost of the merchandise to the retailer within 30 days prior to the date of sale, or the replacement cost of the merchandise to the retailer within 30 days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased, whichever is lower; less all trade discounts except customary discounts for cash; to which shall be added:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1202

Cost to the wholesaler: shall mean the invoice cost of the merchandise to the wholesaler within 30 days prior to the date of sale, or the replacement cost of the merchandise to the wholesaler within 30 days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased, whichever is lower; less all trade discounts except customary discounts for cash; to which shall be added:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1202

Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.

Courses of study: means the courses of study for the elementary and secondary schools that are in alignment with the system of learning results as established in section 6209 and consistent with the requirements of this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Court: includes , but is not limited to, the Probate Court and District Court, or any other state court with juvenile jurisdiction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4099-I

Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.

Credit card: means a card, plate, coupon book or other single credit device that may be used to obtain credit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1271

Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. ^{Source: OCC}

Creditable service: means a person's membership service, the person's prior service and service for which credit is allowable under sections 17755 and 17756; section 17760, subsection 3; section 18258; sections 18355 and 18356; and section 18360, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

creditor: means any person who makes a refund anticipation loan or who takes assignment of a refund anticipation loan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 10-102

Criminal judgment: means a judgment of conviction of a crime, the orders of adjudication and disposition in a juvenile case and a judgment of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 2121

Critical group: means the group of individuals reasonably expected to receive the greatest exposure to residual radioactivity for any applicable set of circumstances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451

Current net price: means the price listed in the supplier's price list or catalog in effect at the time the dealer agreement is terminated, less any applicable discounts allowed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1285

Custodial parent: means a parent with custody. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002

Custodian: means the person who has legal custody and power over the person of a child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002

Customer service card: means a card, plate, code or other device used by a business as a means of identifying customers who receive membership, purchasing or check-cashing privileges, or other rights or privileges by possession and use of that device. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1271

Dangerous or unsafe material: means any substance or material that is capable of or likely to cause injury, including, but not limited to:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1316-O

Dealer: includes a person who customarily sells manufactured housing to consumers and is subject to the jurisdiction of this State underTitle 14, section 704-A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1402

Dealer: means a person, firm, corporation or business entity licensed or required to be licensed under Title 29-A, including a recreational vehicle dealer to whom a dealer agreement is offered or granted. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1432

Dealer: means any person engaged in the sale, leasing, or distribution of new manufactured homes primarily to persons who in good faith purchase or lease a manufactured home for purposes other than resale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061

Dealer: means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust or any other legal entity that is engaged in the business of selling or leasing, offering for sale or lease or negotiating the sale or lease of new motor vehicles, except auctioneers licensed by the Secretary of State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1191

Dealer: shall mean any person engaged in the business of dealing in, selling, buying, exchanging or trading in weighing or measuring devices in this State;

[PL 1973, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 2302

Dealer: means a person engaged in the sale, offering for sale, brokering or distribution of manufactured housing to a licensed dealer, developer dealer or consumer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9002

Dealer: means a person, corporation or partnership primarily engaged in the business of retail sales of farm and utility tractors, forestry equipment, industrial equipment, construction equipment, farm implements, farm machinery, yard and garden equipment, attachments, accessories and repair parts. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1285

Dealer: means a person located within this State who sells goods or solicits or advertises the sale of goods to the public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1361

Dealer agreement: means an oral or written arrangement for a definite or indefinite period in which a manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler grants to a recreational vehicle dealer a license to use a trade name, service mark or related characteristic and in which there is a community of interest in the marketing of recreational vehicles or services related to recreational vehicles at wholesale, retail or leasing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1432

Dealer agreement: means a written or oral contract or agreement between a dealer and a wholesaler, manufacturer or distributor by which the dealer is granted the right to sell or distribute goods or services or to use a trade name, trademark, service mark, logotype or advertising or other commercial symbol. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1285

Debit card: means a card, code or other device, other than a check, draft or similar paper instrument, by the use of which a person may institute an electronic fund transfer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1271

Decedent: A deceased person.

Decedent: includes a stillborn infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this chapter, a fetus. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2942

Decommissioning a nuclear power plant: means the series of activities undertaken, beginning at the time of closing of a nuclear power plant, to ensure that the final disposition of the site or any radioactive components or material, but not including spent fuel, associated with the plant is accomplished safely in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451

Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

Default: means the failure to pay obligations incurred by the storage of a boat, boat motor or boat trailer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1382

Default: means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372

Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

Demand letter: means a letter, an e-mail or other written communication asserting that a target has engaged in patent infringement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8701

Demolition and construction waste: means all solid waste generated in the demolition and construction of buildings and other structures, including stumps, brush, plaster, sheetrock, boards, bricks, mortar, concrete and roofing materials except asbestos. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1705

Demonstrated use: means for a given outfitter for a given river the average number of passengers carried on the 10 Saturdays or Sundays with greatest use during the year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 12901

Department: means the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001

Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation or its employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061

Department: means the Department of Economic and Community Development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13054

Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1

Department: means any department, commission, institution or agency of State Government including the Maine Community College System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Dependent adult: includes , but is not limited to, any of the following: