Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 209 > Subchapter 2 - Provisions Relating to Compact

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. See
• Guardianship: means the legal status of a person with developmental disabilities who is subject to the Commissioner's exercise of some or all of the powers listed in section 9310 of this title. See
• Interested person: means a responsible adult who has a direct interest in a person with developmental disabilities and includes the person with developmental disabilities, a near relative, guardian, public official, social worker, or clergy. See
• Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
• Person with developmental disabilities: means :

• Probate: Proving a will
• Respondent: means a person who is the subject of a petition filed pursuant to section 9305 of this title. 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