Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 19 > Subchapter 3 - Licenses

• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Corrections. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Corrections. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• facility: means any building, enclosure, space, or structure of or supported by the Department and used for the confinement of persons committed to the custody of the Commissioner, or for any other matter related to such confinement. 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
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Inmate: means any person, not a child, committed to the custody of the Commissioner pursuant to the law of the State and subsequently committed to a correctional facility and any person confined at a correctional facility during the pendency of a prosecution against him or her. See
• Law: includes the laws and ordinances of the State, its political subdivisions, and municipalities. See
• License: means a current authorization granted by the Director permitting the practice of property inspecting. 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
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
• Property inspector: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of property inspecting. See
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See