Maine District of Massachusetts

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United States federal judicial district

The Maine District of Massachusetts was a federal judicial district that served the territory of Maine while it was still part of Massachusetts prior to becoming a separate state.

Aliases (3)

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal judicial district →
appealsTo	United States Circuit Court for the First Circuit (historical) →
appliedToTerritory	District of Maine (pre‑statehood territory) → Maine (while part of Massachusetts) →
appliesLaw	United States federal law → admiralty law of the United States → revenue and customs statutes of the United States →
country	United States →
courtLevel	district court →
dissolvedOnEvent	Maine statehood →
endTime	1820 →
establishedBy	United States Congress →
followedBy	United States District Court for the District of Maine →
function	trial‑level federal court for Maine territory →
hasCapitalSeat	Portland, Maine →
hasJurisdictionOver	admiralty cases in Maine territory → civil cases in Maine territory → federal criminal cases in Maine territory → federal revenue cases in Maine territory →
heldSessionsIn	Portland, Maine → other Maine coastal towns (historical practice) →
historicalPeriod	Early national period of United States history →
legalBasis	Judiciary Act of 1789 →
locatedIn	Commonwealth of Massachusetts → Maine territory →
partOf	First Circuit historical jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (administrative connection) → United States federal judiciary →
reasonForAbolition	separation of Maine from Massachusetts →
replacedBy	United States District Court for the District of Maine →
startTime	1789 →
status	defunct federal judicial district →
subdivisionOf	federal judicial system of the early United States →
territorialContext	Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1820 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maine District of Massachusetts ("District of Maine (pre‑statehood territory)") →	appliedToTerritory
Superior Court of Judicature →	appliesToJurisdiction
William Phips ("Maine (as part of Massachusetts Bay)") →	governedTerritory
Henry Knox ("Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts") →	placeOfDeath