Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6016 – Breach of injunction
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6016
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
The court may order persons violating the injunction, after service or using the land, to show cause at a time fixed, why a decree should not be entered and execution issued against them individually and their goods and estate, for the damages, interest, costs and for additional damages and costs for breach of the injunction. Upon service and return of the order, the court may enter such decree as is just and equitable against those persons and issue execution accordingly or may proceed against them as for breach of injunction in other civil actions. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).