Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter 1 - Policy, Organization, Powers, and Duties

• Aid: means financial assistance. See
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Benefits: means aid or commodities furnished under chapter 17 of this title. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner for Children and Families. See
• Department: means the Department for Children and Families. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Probate: Proving a will
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Public assistance: means aid provided by the Department under Title IV, XVI, or XIX of the Social Security Act. See
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Regulation: means a rule or regulation. See
• Social Security Act: means the federal Social Security Act and regulations promulgated under the Act, as amended at any time. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See