Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 24 > Chapter 61 > Subchapter 1 - Definitions for Chapter

• Adult: means an individual who:

• 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 for Children and Families or his or her designee. See
• Department: means the Department for Children and Families. See
• Family: means :

• Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
• Reach Up: means the program established under chapter 11 of this title. See
• 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
• 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 mean village or city. See
• Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See