Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 12 > Chapter 125 > Subchapter 5 - Discharge From Imprisonment; Poor Debtors

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Certificate of authority: means a certificate issued by the Secretary of State for a foreign enterprise to transact business in this State. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Foreign enterprise: means an entity organized in a jurisdiction other than this State under a law similar to this title. See
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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
• Mutual benefit enterprise: means an enterprise organized under this title. See
• Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: means a state of the United States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. See