Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5148

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. 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

§ 5148. Evidence of marriage

A copy of the record of the civil marriage made by a person required by law at the time the marriage was solemnized to make and keep the record certified by such person, or by the town or county clerk or the State Registrar or the State Archivist, if the record is in his or her office, shall be in all courts presumptive evidence of the fact of such marriage. (Amended 1979, No. 56, § 100; 2007, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2017, No. 46, § 58, eff. July 1, 2019.)