§ 100 Application
§ 101 Fiscal year
§ 102 Budget system
§ 103 Definitions
§ 104 Submission of estimates
§ 105 Fire district estimates and budget
§ 106 Preparation, filing and review of tentative and preliminary budgets
§ 107 Contents of preliminary budget
§ 108 Public hearing
§ 109 Final revision and adoption of budget
§ 110 Encumbering appropriations
§ 111 Lapse of appropriations
§ 112 Supplemental appropriations; unappropriated unreserved fund balances
§ 113 Transfers from general purpose funds to other funds
§ 114 Interest charges against districts
§ 115 Tax levy
§ 116 Town charges
§ 117 Certain contracts and expenditures prohibited
§ 118 Form of claims
§ 119 Audit of claims and issuance of warrants
§ 120 Payrolls to be certified
§ 121 Payment of judgments and compromised actions, proceedings or claims
§ 122 Advertising for bids; letting of contracts
§ 122-A Purchasing of products for public use
§ 123 Annual accounting by town officers and employees
§ 124 Designation of the comptroller as accounting officer
§ 125 Duties of supervisor
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  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
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  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.