Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4254

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

§ 4254. Defense before auditor

The judgment to account in the action for an accounting shall not prevent the defendant from making any defense before the auditor which he or she might have made by answer in bar to the action, if the judgment to account had not been rendered.