Maine District of Massachusetts

E35914

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
District of Maine	4
District of Maine (pre‑statehood territory)	1
District of Maine, Massachusetts	1
Maine (as part of Massachusetts Bay)	1
Maine District of Massachusetts canonical	1
Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal judicial district ⓘ
appealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ surface form: United States Circuit Court for the First Circuit (historical)
appliedToTerritory	Maine District of Massachusetts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: District of Maine (pre‑statehood territory) Maine ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Maine territory ⓘ
partOf	First Circuit historical jurisdiction ⓘ United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (administrative connection) federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: 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 (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Superior Court of Judicature → appliesToJurisdiction → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Henry Knox → placeOfDeath → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts

Governor William Phips → governedTerritory → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: William Phips

this entity surface form: Maine (as part of Massachusetts Bay)

Maine District of Massachusetts → appliedToTerritory → Maine District of Massachusetts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Maine (pre‑statehood territory)

Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) → laterWithin → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Maine

Peleg Wadsworth → livedIn → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Maine, Massachusetts

Province of Maine → followedBy → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Maine

United States District Court for the District of Maine → jurisdiction → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Maine

Treaty of 1796 → location → Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Maine