Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 7 > Part 5 > Chapter 401 - Certified Seed

• Accreditation board: means the accreditation board for engineering and technology. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1251
• 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.
• Apprentice electrician: means an apprentice who is engaged in a written agreement to work at and learn the trade of an electrician under the direct supervision of a licensed master, journeyman or limited electrician in an apprenticeship program registered pursuant to 29 C. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Asynchronous encounter: means an interaction between a patient and a person licensed under this chapter through a system that has the ability to store digital information, including, but not limited to, still images, video files, audio files, text files and other relevant data, and to transmit such information without requiring the simultaneous presence of the patient and the person licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 566
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Board: means the Electricians' Examining Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Board: means the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1251
• certified seed: as used in this Title shall be deemed to mean potato, vegetable, forage crop or grain seeds as shall have been grown and prepared for sale in accordance with regulations laid down by the commissioner and for which a certificate or tag has been issued as provided in section 2103. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2101
• 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.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1221
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Electrical company: means a person, firm, corporation or partnership employing licensees engaged in the business of doing electrical installations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Electrical installations: includes complete installations related to photovoltaic, fuel cell and wind power generation systems. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Electrologist: means a person who practices electrology. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1221
• Electrology: shall mean the practice of removing hair permanently by applying electricity to the hair follicle to cause growth inactivity to the hair root. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1221
• Electrolysis: means the process by which electrology is done. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1221
• Engineer-intern: means a person who has been certified as an engineer-intern by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1251
• Engineering accreditation commission: means the engineering accreditation commission of the accreditation board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1251
• Engineering technology accreditation commission: means the engineering technology accreditation commission of the accreditation board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1251
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Funded debt: means an obligation for the payment of which some fund is set aside. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001
• Helper electrician: means a person licensed to make electrical installations in the employment of a licensed master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company and under the direct supervision of a licensed master, journeyman or limited electrician but who does not qualify under subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• 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.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Journeyman electrician: means a person licensed to make electrical installations in the employment and under the indirect supervision of a licensed master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Journeyman-in-training electrician: means a person making electrical installations in the employment of a licensed master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company and under the indirect supervision of a licensed limited or master electrician. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Limited electrician: means a person licensed to make electrical installations limited to a specific type of electrically operated equipment or to specific electrical installations only authorized by this license. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Master electrician: means a licensed person qualified under this chapter to engage in the business of installing electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures and other electrical equipment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1101
• Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
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