Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 15 > Part 1 > Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction and Venue

• 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.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bargaining agent: means any lawful organization, association or individual representative of such an organization or association which has as its primary purpose the representation of employees in their employment relations with employers, and which has been determined by the public employer, as defined in subsection 6, or by the executive director of the board to be the choice of the majority of the unit as their representative. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1282
• Board: means the Maine Labor Relations Board, as defined in section 968. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1282
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 4203
• 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.
• Cost items: means the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement which require an appropriation by the Legislature. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1282
• Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 4203
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Executive director: means the Executive Director of the Maine Labor Relations Board, as defined in section 968, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1282
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Judicial employee: means any employee of the Judicial Department, except any person: