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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 16103

  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Security: means a note; stock; treasury stock; security future; bond; debenture; evidence of indebtedness; certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement; collateral trust certificate; preorganization certificate or subscription; transferable share; investment contract; investment in a viatical or life settlement contract; voting trust certificate; certificate of deposit for a security; fractional undivided interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights; documents of title to or certificates of interest or participation in an oil, gas or other mineral title or lease or in payments out of production under any title, lease, right or royalty; put, call, straddle, option or privilege on a security, certificate of deposit or group or index of securities, including an interest therein or based on the value thereof; put, call, straddle, option or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency; or, in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a "security"; or a certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 16102
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
Securities Act of 1933, 15 United States Code § 77a et seq., Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 United States Code § 78a et seq., Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 15 United States Code § 79 et seq., Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 United States Code § 80a?1 et seq., Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 15 United States Code § 80b?1 et seq., Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 United States Code § 1001 et seq., National Housing Act, 12 United States Code § 1701 et seq., Commodity Exchange Act, 7 United States Code § 1 et seq., Internal Revenue Code, 26 United States Code § 1 et seq., Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, 15 United States Code § 78aaa et seq., Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998, 112 Stat. 3227, Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 15 United States Code § 661 et seq. and Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 United States Code § 7001 et seq. mean those federal laws of those names, those statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those laws and statutes, as amended, as of December 31, 2006. [PL 2007, c. 14, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 2005, c. 65, §A2 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 14, §1 (AMD).