Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 105 - Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Touch Professionals

• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Certificate: means a certificate of compliance, affirmation, or exemption that is a part of the property transfer return. See
• Commissioner: means Commissioner of Motor Vehicles unless otherwise stated. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Taxes or any officer or employee of the Department authorized by the Commissioner, directly or indirectly by one or more redelegations of authority, to perform the functions mentioned or described in this chapter. See
• Commissioner of Health: means the Commissioner of Health appointed under 3 V. See
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Controlling interest: means :

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Deed: includes any deed, instrument, memorandum of deed, memorandum of lease, or other writing evidencing a transfer of title to property. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Establishment: means any place of business that:

• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• 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
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
• Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Motorboat: means any vessel equipped with machinery capable of propelling the vessel, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion. See
• Nursing home: means an institution, as defined in 33 V. See
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Operate: includes an attempt to operate and shall be construed to cover all matters and things connected with the presence and use of snowmobiles whether they be at motion or rest. See
• Operator: shall include all persons 18 years of age or over properly licensed to operate motor vehicles. See
• Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel. See
• Owner: means any natural person, association, trust, or corporation with an ownership interest in a nursing home. See
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• 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
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, estate, trust, fiduciary, receiver, trustee, or corporation. See
• Person: means every natural person, association, trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity. See
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• place of business: includes any office, clinic, facility, salon, spa, or other location not otherwise exempted under section 5404 of this chapter where a person or persons engage in the practice of massage or the practice of bodywork. See
• Principal residence: means principal residence as defined in section 10002a of this title, together with land that is beneath or directly contiguous to the dwelling and that is transferred with the dwelling. See
• Property: means real property. See
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Rental company: means any person offering pleasure cars for rent on a short-term basis. See
• said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Human Services. See
• Selling price: means the amount of the full actual consideration for the transfer, paid or to be paid, including the amount of any liens or encumbrances existing before the transfer and not removed. 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
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Title: shall include possession under a sale or purchase that reserves title as security to the seller. See
• Title to property: includes :

• Town clerk: means any town clerk, city clerk, county clerk, or other official whose duty it is to record deeds of property. See
• Transfer: means every sale or change of ownership of a Vermont nursing home owned by the transferor during the entire 12-year period immediately preceding the change in ownership and providing services to the State under a contract during the entire period, after which transfer the home will continue in operation. See
• Transfer: includes a grant, assignment, conveyance, will, trust, decree of court, transfer or acquisition of a direct or indirect controlling interest in any person with title to property, or any other means of transferring title to property or vesting title to property in any person. See
• Transferor: means the owner of a nursing home who by the transfer has been divested of an ownership interest in the home. See
• Value: means :

• Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water or a racing shell or rowing scull occupied exclusively by individuals over 12 years of age, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See