Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 2121

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • selectboard: as used in this chapter , shall include the mayor and board of aldermen of a city and the president and trustees of an incorporated village. See
  • town: shall mean village or city. See
  • Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See

§ 2121. Injunctions

The selectboard of a town in the name and behalf of such town or the town school district therein, as the case may be, and the trustees of an incorporated village, in the name and behalf of such village, may prefer complaint for relief by injunction for the abatement of public nuisances. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of such actions.