Maine Revised Statutes > Title 13-B > Chapter 13 – Annual Reports: Powers of Secretary of State; Excuse; Miscellaneous
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- Bid: means a written offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor, in response to an "invitation to bid" stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Blind bidding: means the solicitation of bidding for, solicitation of negotiation for, or solicitations of offers for or agreeing to terms for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture if the motion picture has not been trade screened. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Distributor: means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale or licensing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Elementary school: means that portion of a school that provides instruction in any combination of kindergarten through grade 8. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- exhibition: means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Exhibitor: means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- Invitation to bid: means a written solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one or more exhibitors to bid for the right to exhibit a motion picture. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- License agreement: means any contract agreement, understanding or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Person: includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associates, societies, trust or corporations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Pupil: means elementary or secondary school student. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15001
- Run: means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- School administrative unit: means the state-approved unit of school administration and includes a municipal school unit, school administrative district, community school district, regional school unit or any other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation responsible for operating or constructing public schools, except that it does not include a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Secondary school: means that portion of a school that provides instruction in any combination of grades 9 through 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- State board: means the State Board of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Theater: means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited to the public regularly for a charge. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901
- Trade screening: means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor at some location within the metropolitan area in which is located a distributor's sales or film distributing facility serving the theater, which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1901