Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 183 - Care and Treatment

• Annual meeting: when applied to towns shall mean the annual town meeting in March or an adjournment thereof. See
• 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
• Cemetery: means any plot of ground used or intended to be used for the burial or permanent disposition of the remains of the human dead in a grave, a mausoleum, a columbarium, a vault, or other receptacle. See
• Cemetery association: means any corporation now or hereafter organized that is or shall be authorized by its articles to conduct the business of a cemetery. See
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Health. See
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. 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
• 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