Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 7 > Chapter 33 > Subchapter 3 - Licenses

• 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.
• Applicant: means a person that applies for a license to operate a cannabis establishment pursuant to this chapter. See
• Board: means the Cannabis Control Board. See
• Cannabis establishment: means a cannabis cultivator, propagation cultivator, wholesaler, product manufacturer, retailer, testing laboratory, or integrated licensee licensed by the Board to engage in commercial cannabis activity in accordance with this chapter. See
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• cultivator: means a person licensed by the Board to engage in the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with this chapter. See
• Department: means the Department of Liquor and Lottery. See
• Dispensary: means a business organization licensed pursuant to chapter 37 of this title. See
• 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.
• 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
• Hemp: means the plant Cannabis sativa L. See
• Integrated licensee: means a person licensed by the Board to engage in the activities of a cultivator, wholesaler, product manufacturer, retailer, and testing laboratory in accordance with this chapter. See
• 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.
• Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
• Municipality: means a town, city, or incorporated village. See
• 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: 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
• Plant canopy: means the square footage dedicated to live plant production and does not include areas such as office space or areas used for the storage of fertilizers, pesticides, or other products. See
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Principal: means one of the following:

• product manufacturer: means a person licensed by the Board to manufacture cannabis products in accordance with this chapter. See
• propagation cultivator: means a person licensed by the Board to cultivate cannabis clones, immature plants, and mature plants in accordance with this chapter. See
• retailer: means a person licensed by the Board to sell cannabis and cannabis products to adults 21 years of age and older for off-site consumption or cultivation in accordance with this chapter. See
• Small cultivator: means a cultivator with a plant canopy or space for cultivating plants for breeding stock of not more than 1,000 square feet. 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
• testing laboratory: means a person licensed by the Board to test cannabis and cannabis products in accordance with this chapter. 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
• wholesaler: means a person licensed by the Board to purchase, process, transport, and sell cannabis and cannabis products in accordance with this chapter. See