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! The! Maine! Rules! of! Appellate! Procedure! were! restyled,! effective!
September!1,! 2017.! ! The! restyled! Rules! completely! replaced! the! former! M aine!
Rules!of!Appellate!Procedure.!!Included! below !are!the!Rules,!Restyling!Notes,!and!
Advisory!Notes!to!the!re styled!Maine!Rules!of!Appellate!Procedure!and!Ad visory!
Notes! supporting! the! adoption! and! amendment! of! the! former! Maine! Rules! of!
Appellate!Procedur e,! sin ce!the ir!200 1!ado ption .!!
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! Former!Rules!9,!15,!and!16!were!renumbered!to!become,!respectively,!Rules!
7A,!1A,!and!1B.!!The!Advisory!Notes!to!former!Rules!9,!15,!and!16!have!been!moved!
to!follow!the!particular!Rule!as!renumbered.!!Former!Rule!2!has!been!separated!
into! three! Rules,! R u les! 2 A,! 2B,! and! 2C.! ! The! Advisory! Notes! to! former! Rule! 2!
precede!the!three!new!Rules.!!Where!appropriate,!bracketed!notations!are!added!
to!enhance!clarity!with!respect!to!the!included!notes.!
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MAINE&RULES&OF&APPELLATE&PROCEDURE&
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! With! Restyling! Notes! and! Advisory! Notes! to! the! restyled! Maine! Ru les! of!
Appellate! Procedure;! Advisory! Notes! to! the! former! Maine! Rules! of! Appellate!
Procedure!appear!in!red!type.!
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sitting! as! the! Law! Court.! ! The! time!for! taking! the! appeal! and! the! manner! and! any!
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!!The!last!sentence!of!14!M.R.S.A.!§!1851!states:!
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In!any!civil!case!any!party!aggrieved!by!any!judgment,!ruling!or!order!may!appeal!
therefrom!to!the!law!court!within!30!days!or!such!further!time!as!may!be!granted!by!
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