Maine Revised Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 6-A – Working Waterfront Covenants
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| § 131 | Definitions |
| § 132 | Creation; conveyance; acceptance; duration; filing |
| § 133 | Judicial actions |
| § 134 | Scope of working waterfront covenant |
| § 135 | Validity |
| § 136 | Application |
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 6-A - Working Waterfront Covenants
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- Blighted area: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 5101Bonds: means any bonds, including refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 5101 Commercial fisheries businesses: includes without limitation:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 33 Sec. 131Common 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. Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Federal Government: means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. holder: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 33 Sec. 131in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Infant: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. municipal clerk: means the clerk of a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Municipal officers: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001Municipality: means a city or town, except as provided in chapter 225. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Offender: means an individual or an organization convicted of a crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002 Owner: means a person having an estate, interest or easement in real property or a lien, charge or encumbrance on that property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 5101 Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, organization or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Probate: Proving a will Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. real estate: means land, legally filled lands, piers, wharves and other improvements to lands all adjacent to the navigable coastal waters of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 33 Sec. 131 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Real property: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 5101Redeveloper: means any person that enters or proposes to enter into a redevelopment contract. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 5101 registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 renewal plan: means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 5101 renewal project: means the undertakings and activities of the authority in an urban renewal area for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 5101 Restitution: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Third-party right of enforcement: means a right provided in a working waterfront covenant to enforce any of its terms granted by the grantor and holder of the covenant to a governmental body or nonprofit corporation that meets the qualifications of a holder. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 33 Sec. 131 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge. Victim: means a government that suffers economic loss or a person who suffers personal injury, death or economic loss as a result of a crime or the good faith effort of any person to prevent a crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002 Working waterfront covenant: means an agreement in recordable form between the owner of working waterfront real estate and one or more qualified holders that permits a qualified holder to control, either directly or indirectly, the use, ownership and sales price of working waterfront real estate for the primary purpose of making and preserving the permanent availability and affordability of that real estate for commercial fisheries businesses. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 33 Sec. 131 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72