Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 12 > Chapter 25 - Process

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Collective account: means an internal capital account that represents the portion of the net book value of the corporation attributable to the cooperative. See
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conversion: means a change in character of residential real property from a rental to an ownership basis. See
• Cooperative housing corporation: means a domestic corporation which has elected to be governed by the provisions of this chapter. See
• Cooperative interest: means the ownership interest in a cooperative housing corporation which is evidenced by a membership share. See
• Cooperative property: means all the real and personal property, including mobile and manufactured homes, in this state owned or leased by a cooperative housing corporation for the primary purpose of residential use. See
• 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.
• 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.
• Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• 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
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Internal capital account cooperative: means a worker cooperative governed in accordance with section 1090 of this chapter. See
• Internal capital accounts: means a system of accounts on the books of a worker cooperative that reflects the book value of the corporation. See
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lender: includes banks, the Vermont Housing Finance Agency, and other financial institutions. See
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Limited equity cooperative: means a cooperative housing corporation, organized in accordance with section 1598 of this title. See
• Limited equity formula: means a rule or method for determining the transfer value of a share in a limited equity cooperative. See
• Member: means a person who owns a cooperative interest, and who is entitled to voting rights as prescribed in section 1594 of this title. See
• Member: means a person who has been accepted for membership in, and owns a membership share issued by, a worker cooperative. See
• Membership fee: means the consideration paid for a membership share. See
• Membership share: means a share of voting stock issued to each member of a worker cooperative as evidence of membership. See
• Moderate income: means less than or equal to 100 percent of median income for the area, adjusted for family size, in accordance with standards generally accepted at the time of incorporation and comparable to standards of the U. See
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Patronage: means the amount of work performed as a member of a worker cooperative, measured in accordance with the articles of association or bylaws. See
• Person: means a natural person. 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.
• Proprietary lease: means an agreement with a cooperative housing corporation governing a member's right to occupancy, under which a member has an exclusive possessory interest in a unit. See
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Subscription agreement: means a written agreement between a prospective member and a cooperative housing corporation for the purchase and sale of a cooperative interest. See
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
• Unit: means a portion of the cooperative property leased for exclusive occupancy by a member under a proprietary lease, or leased to a tenant by lease agreement. See
• Worker cooperative: means a corporation which has elected to be governed by this chapter. See
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.