Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 1 > Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days

• Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
• Bureau: means the Judicial Bureau as created in 4 V. See
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Official business directional sign: means a sign erected and maintained by the State to indicate to the travelling public the route and the distance to public accommodations, commercial services for the travelling public, and points of scenic, historic, cultural, educational, and religious interest. See
• On-premises sign: means an accessory sign that directs attention to a business, profession, commodity, service, or entertainment carried on, sold, or offered on the same premises. See
• Outdoor advertising: means a sign that advertises, calls attention, or directs a person to a business, association, profession, commodity, product, institution, service, entertainment, person, place, thing, or activity of any kind whatsoever, and is visible from a highway or other public right-of-way. See
• Owner: means the person or persons who own a sign. See
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Residential directional sign: means an off-premises sign erected and maintained by an individual to indicate the location of his or her residence. See
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• sign: is a ny structure, display, device, or representation, either temporary or permanent, portable or ground-mounted, that is designed or used to advertise or call attention to any thing, person, business, activity, or place and is visible from any highway or other right-of-way. See
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Trails: means land used for hiking, walking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, all-terrain vehicle riding, horseback riding, and other similar activities. See
• Trails and Greenways Council: means the Vermont Trails and Greenways Council, Inc. See
• Travel information: means the various communication media and methods available to collect and distribute information to the traveling public. See
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.