Maine Revised Statutes 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL Chapter 7: DEFENSES GENERALLY §151. PARTIAL FAILURE OF CONSIDERATION OF NOTE In any civil action in which the amount due on a promissory note given for the price of land conveyed is in question and a total failure of consideration would be a defense, partial failure of consideration may be shown in reduction of damages. §152. TRUTH JUSTIFIES LIBEL UNLESS MALICE (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY 1985, c. 290, §1 (RP). §153. MITIGATION OF DAMAGES IN ACTION FOR LIBEL The defendant in an action for libel may prove in mitigation of damages that the charge was made by mistake or through error or by inadvertence and that the defendant has in writing, within a reasonable time after the publication of the charge, retracted the charge and denied its truth as publicly and as fully as the defendant made the charge. The defendant may prove in mitigation of damages that the plaintiff failed to notify the defendant of the libel in a timely fashion and that the defendant was therefore unable to lessen damage to the plaintiff's reputation. The defendant may prove in mitigation of damages that the plaintiff has already recovered or has brought action for damages for, or has received or has agreed to receive compensation for, substantially the same libel. [2009, c. 2, §30 (COR).] SECTION HISTORY 1979, c. 663, §74 (AMD). 1985, c. 290, §2 (AMD). RR 2009, c. 2, §30 (COR). §153-A. DEFENSE IN ACTION BASED ON MISUSE OF LEGAL IDENTIFICATION It is a defense to a civil action for monetary damages that the damages arose from the misuse of a form of legal identification and the use of that identification has resulted in the conviction of a person other than the defendant under Title 17-A, sections 354 and 905-A. The defense may be raised only by the person whose identification was misused. [1999, c. 190, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY 1999, c. 190, §1 (NEW). §154. UNPROVED ALLEGATIONS (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY 1985, c. 290, §3 (RP).
Maine Revised Statutes 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL Chapter 7: DEFENSES GENERALLY §151. PARTIAL FAILURE OF CONSIDERATION OF NOTE In any civil action in which the amount due on a promissory note given for the price of land conveyed is in question and a total failure of consideration would be a defense, partial failure of consideration may be shown in reduction of damages. §152. TRUTH JUSTIFIES LIBEL UNLESS MALICE (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY 1985, c. 290, §1 (RP). §153. MITIGATION OF DAMAGES IN ACTION FOR LIBEL The defendant in an action for libel may prove in mitigation of damages that the charge was made by mistake or through error or by inadvertence and that the defendant has in writing, within a reasonable time after the publication of the charge, retracted the charge and denied its truth as publicly and as fully as the defendant made the charge. The defendant may prove in mitigation of damages that the plaintiff failed to notify the defendant of the libel in a timely fashion and that the defendant was therefore unable to lessen damage to the plaintiff's reputation. The defendant may prove in mitigation of damages that the plaintiff has already recovered or has brought action for damages for, or has received or has agreed to receive compensation for, substantially the same libel. [2009, c. 2, §30 (COR).] SECTION HISTORY 1979, c. 663, §74 (AMD). 1985, c. 290, §2 (AMD). RR 2009, c. 2, §30 (COR). §153-A. DEFENSE IN ACTION BASED ON MISUSE OF LEGAL IDENTIFICATION It is a defense to a civil action for monetary damages that the damages arose from the misuse of a form of legal identification and the use of that identification has resulted in the conviction of a person other than the defendant under Title 17-A, sections 354 and 905-A. The defense may be raised only by the person whose identification was misused. [1999, c. 190, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY 1999, c. 190, §1 (NEW). §154. UNPROVED ALLEGATIONS (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY 1985, c. 290, §3 (RP).
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