Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1694

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

§ 1694. Municipal ordinances; references in prosecutions

In a prosecution for violation of an ordinance or bylaw of a municipal corporation, a copy thereof certified by its clerk to be a lawfully enacted and existing ordinance or bylaw of such municipal corporation shall be prima facie evidence thereof. The allegation that the acts constituting the offense charged are contrary to the form of such ordinance or bylaw, in such case made and provided, shall be a sufficient reference thereto. (Amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. July 1, 1972.)