Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 2696

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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.
  • real estate: as used in this chapter shall mean such lands, tenements, rights, and estates as are made liable to execution by section 2781 of this title. See

§ 2696. Levy valid if affirmed or action not brought

When the action is not brought within the time limited or if on hearing the presiding judge decides that the proceedings on execution were legally sufficient, a levy, sale, and deed shall be valid to convey the right, title, or interest that the judgment debtor had at the time of the levy in the real estate sold and shall be conclusive evidence of the title in the estate against the debtor or his or her representatives. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 71, eff. March 29, 1972.)