Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 11A > Chapter 1 > Subchapter 3 - Secretary of State

• Dam: includes an artificial barrier that meets all of the following:

• Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. 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.
• Person: means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; association; joint venture; trust; municipality; the State of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State; any federal agency; or any other legal or commercial entity. See
• Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under subsection 8. 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