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Rubin v. Josephson, 478 A.2d 665 (1984)

Citation
Rubin v. Josephson, 478 A.2d 665 (1984)
Parent Document
Rubin v. Josephson, 478 A.2d 665 (1984)
Jurisdiction
Maine (state)
Effective Date
1984-06-04

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Moreover, common sense convinces us that the legislature, in separating by semicolons the clauses “tenant holding under a written lease” and “at the expiration or forfeiture of the term,” did not intend to remove the stated prerequisite to maintenance of a forcible entry and detainer action against a tenant holding under a written lease. Section 6001 begins with the phrase, “Process of forcible entry and de-tainer may be maintained against ...” and then lists four categories of individuals, each category within semicolons. The “after the expiration or forfeiture of a term” phrase is also within semicolons, and is placed between different categories of individuals to which section 6001 may apply. This phrase makes no sense if separated from the two clauses preceding it and read together only with the phrase “Process ... may be maintained against .... ”