State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maine > Title14 > Title14ch725sec0 > Title14sec6802Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS
Subchapter 3: DISSEIZORS
§6802. Defendant ousting plaintiff deemed disseizor
If the person in possession has actually ousted the plaintiff or withheld the possession, he may, at the plaintiff's election, be considered a disseizor for the purpose of trying the right, although he claims an estate therein less than a freehold.