Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 5963
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 5963
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
§ 5963. Writ and complaint—justice ejectment
Writ and Complaint in Justice Ejectment
STATE OF VERMONT, To any sheriff or constable in
……………………. County, ss. the State, or to …………………………………..
} an indifferent person,
Greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to attach the goods, chattels, or estate of ……………………. of ………………………… , in the county of ………………………… to the value of …………………………….. dollars, and ……………………. notify thereof according to law, (and for want thereof take his or her body, if to be found within your precinct, and him or her safely keep so that you have him or her to appear before me) (and …………………………….. also notify to appear before me) at ………………………… , on the …………………………………. day of ……………………. at …………… o’clock in the …………………. noon, then and there to answer to the complaint of ………………………… of ………………………… , in the county of ………………………… .
For that the said defendant, ………………………… , is in the possession of certain lands (and tenements) situated in the town of …………………………………. , in the county of …………………………….. , described as follows: (insert a brief description) which lands (and tenements) the said defendant holds unlawfully and against the right of the plaintiff, as it is said.
To the damage of the plaintiff …………………………………. dollars, to recover which and the quiet and peaceable possession of the premises, with just costs, the plaintiff brings this action.
Fail not, but service and return make according to law.
(Conclude as in § 5903.)