Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5167

  • 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.
  • 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

§ 5167. Evidence of civil union

A copy of the record of the civil union received from the town or county clerk, the Commissioner of Health, or the State Archivist shall be presumptive evidence of the civil union in all courts. (Added 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2007, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)