Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 20 > Chapter 35 - Military Equipment and Property

• CODIS: means the FBI's national DNA identification index system that allows storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by state and local forensic DNA laboratories. See
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See
• Designated crime: means any of the following offenses:

• DNA: means deoxyribonucleic acid. See
• DNA record: means DNA sample identification information stored in the State DNA database or CODIS. See
• DNA sample: means a forensic unknown tissue sample or a tissue sample provided by any person convicted of a designated crime. See
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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
• Forensic unknown sample: means an unidentified tissue sample gathered in connection with a criminal investigation. 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.
• Laboratory: means the Department of Public Safety Forensic Laboratory. 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
• Population database: means anonymous DNA records used to assist statistical evaluation. See
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• 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
• State DNA data bank: means the repository of DNA samples collected and maintained under the provisions of this subchapter. See
• State DNA database: means the Laboratory DNA identification record system. See