Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 11C > Chapter 2 - Filing and Annual Reports

• Articles of organization: means the articles of organization of a mutual benefit enterprise required by section 302 of this title. See
• Certificate of authority: means a certificate issued by the Secretary of State for a foreign enterprise to transact business in this State. See
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Designated office: means the office that a mutual benefit enterprise or a foreign enterprise is required to designate and maintain under subdivision 117(a)(1) of this title. See
• Director: means a director of a mutual benefit enterprise. See
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Foreign enterprise: means an entity organized in a jurisdiction other than this State under a law similar to this title. 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.
• Mutual benefit enterprise: means an enterprise organized under this title. See
• Organizer: means an individual who signs the initial articles of organization. See
• Person: means an individual; corporation; business trust; cooperative; estate; trust; partnership; limited partnership; limited liability company; mutual benefit enterprise; joint venture; association; public corporation; government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; or any other legal or commercial entity. See
• 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Principal office: means the principal executive office of a mutual benefit enterprise or foreign enterprise, whether or not in this State. See
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Sign: means with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

• State: means a state of the United States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. See
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.