Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 21-A > Chapter 8 - Limitation of Terms

• 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.
• Ballot label: means that portion of the cardboard, paper or other material to be placed within the ballot frames of a voting machine containing the items required of a paper ballot. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• County office: means the office of judge of probate, register of probate, county treasurer, register of deeds, sheriff, district attorney or county commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Declared write-in candidate: means a write-in candidate who has filed a declaration to be a write-in candidate pursuant to section 722?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Disputed ballot: means a ballot whose validity has been questioned during the recount process. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Public official: means a person elected or appointed to serve the people, including but not limited to an election official, municipal clerk or registrar. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Referendum: means an election for the determination of a question. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Responsible electoral official: means a public official who is responsible for accepting a nomination or nomination petition for an elected office and also means a public official who is responsible for placing the name of a person nominated for public office on a ballot, ballot label, calendar or other similar instrument. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 552
• Special election: means an election other than a regular election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Term: means a full term of office or any portion of a term that began before the 3rd Wednesday in June in an odd?numbered year served by an elected official in an office subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 552
• Treasurer: means a person appointed by a candidate or a political committee to accept or disburse money to promote or defeat a candidate, party or principle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Undeclared write-in candidate: means a write-in candidate who has not filed a declaration pursuant to section 722?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• Write-in candidate: means a person whose name does not appear on the ballot under the office designation to which a voter may wish to elect the candidate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1