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Code · Maine · Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL · Chapter 203: PROCESS

§554. New process after loss or destruction

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When in an action pending, the loss or destruction of a writ, complaint or other process after service is proved by affidavit or otherwise, the court may allow a new one to be filed, corresponding thereto as nearly as may be, with the same effect as the one lost or destroyed.
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