Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 69 > Subchapter 5 - Consumer Solicitation Sales

• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Consumer: means any person who purchases or contracts for the purchase of merchandise for any purpose, except resale in the ordinary course of trade or business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4661
• 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.
• in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Merchandise: includes any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles or services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4661
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Permanent place of business: means the building or other permanently affixed structure, including a home residence, which is used in whole or in part for the purpose of engaging in sales of consumer merchandise. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4661
• Person: includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association, society, club, corporation, estate, trust and any agent, employee, salesman, partner, officer, director, member, stockholder or trustee thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4661
• Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Sale: includes any sale, transfer, exchange or barter, offer for sale or attempt to sell any merchandise for cash or on credit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4661
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72