Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 11B > Chapter 5 - Office and Agent

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: means public benefit and mutual benefit corporation. See
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• filing: means filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. See
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Principal office: means the office (in or outside this State) so designated in the biennial report filed pursuant to section 16. See
• real estate: as used in this chapter shall mean such lands, tenements, rights, and estates as are made liable to execution by section 2781 of this title. 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
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.