Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 38 > Chapter 10 > Subchapter 4 - Rates and Fees

• Charter: means a private and special law or series of private and special laws that establishes a sewer district and defines its responsibilities and authorities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• 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}
• in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Rates: means a rate, toll, rent, assessment, supplemental charge or other lawful charge established by a sewer district pursuant to its charter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032
• Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Sewer district: means a district, including a multipurpose district and standard district, created by a private and special law of the State whose purposes include collection, interception and treatment of sewerage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032
• Standard district: means a sewer district that is formed and chartered by a private and special law in conformance with this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72