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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4762

  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

§ 4762. When judgment shall not prejudice landlord

When the plaintiff neglects to join the landlord, if any, with the tenant in such action, or by collusion with the tenant recovers judgment against him or her for the seisin of lands, such landlord shall not be prejudiced thereby, but shall be held to have the prior possession in a trial thereafter had of his or her right to such lands against the person so recovering, or a person deriving claim from him or her.