Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 3958

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

§ 3958. Return after court adjourns; procedure

When the court to which the writ is returnable adjourns before it is returned, the return shall be made before one of the Justices of the Supreme Court. If the writ is in any case returned before one Justice or judge when the court is in session, he or she may adjourn the case into the court, to be there heard and determined as if the writ had been returned into the same court.