Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 3065

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

§ 3065. Admission; statement of facts

When an alleged trustee serves his or her written disclosure under oath admitting that he or she has in his or her hands or possession goods, effects, or credits of the defendant, or referring that question to the court upon the facts, his or her disclosure may set forth such facts as he or she deems material, and he or she may submit himself or herself thereupon to a further examination on oath. The plaintiff may propose interrogatories in writing, to be answered as provided in section 3064 of this title. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 81, eff. March 29, 1972.)