M.R. App. P. 1B

Unless specified to the contrary by statute or these Rules, the following

words, whenever used in these Rules shall have the following meanings:

(a) The term “appellant’s attorney” or “appellee’s attorney” or any like

term shall include the party appearing without counsel, and the word

“appellant” or “appellee” or any like term shall include the party appearing with

counsel.

(b) The word “court” or “trial court” shall include any Unified Criminal

Docket, the Business and Consumer Docket, any judge of the Probate Court, any

judge of the District Court, any justice of the Superior Court, any single justice

of the Supreme Judicial Court, and any administrative agency from which an

appeal lies directly to the Law Court.

(c) The term “plaintiff’s attorney” or “defendant’s attorney” or any like

term shall include the party appearing without counsel, and the word “plaintiff”

or “defendant” or any like term shall include the party appearing with counsel.

(d) The word “reporter” means a court reporter, the Office of

Transcript Operations, or a transcriber of an electronically recorded record.

(e) The term “docket entries” shall include case information maintained

by the trial court clerk in the registry of actions.

(f) The term “decision of the Law Court” or “decision resolving the

appeal” or any like term shall mean a decision of the Law Court reported

pursuant to Rule 12(c) resolving an appeal.

(g) The term “order of the Law Court” or any like term shall mean an

order signed by one or more justices on behalf of the Law Court other than a

decision of the Law Court, including an order acting on a motion pursuant to

Rule 10(b).