Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 18-C > Article 4 > Part 1 - Definitions

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• district: means a district formed under this chapter to manage one or more subsurface wastewater collection, treatment and disposal systems to accommodate residential development as a means of facilitating compact growth patterns, including cluster developments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1231
• Local administration: means administration by a personal representative appointed in this State pursuant to appointment proceedings described in Article 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 4-101
• Local personal representative: includes any personal representative appointed in this State pursuant to appointment proceedings described in Article 3 and excludes foreign personal representatives who acquire the power of a local personal representative pursuant to section 4-205. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 4-101
• Resident creditor: means a person domiciled in or doing business in this State who is, or could be, a claimant against an estate of a nonresident decedent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 4-101
• Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111