Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 27 > Chapter 18 > Subchapter 9 - Claim to Recover Property From Administrator

• ABLE account: means an account established by an eligible individual, owned by the eligible individual, and maintained under the Vermont ABLE Savings Program. See
• Administrator: means the Vermont State Treasurer. See
• Apparent owner: means a person whose name appears on the records of a holder as the owner of property held, issued, or owing by the holder. 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
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. See
• Department: means the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. See
• Designated beneficiary: means the eligible individual who establishes an ABLE account under this chapter and is the owner of the account. See
• Disability certification: means a certification to the satisfaction of the Secretary by the individual or the parent or guardian of the individual that:

• Domicile: means :

• Eligible individual: means :

• 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.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• Financial organization: means an organization that is authorized to do business in this State and that is:

• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. 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.
• Holder: means a person obligated to hold for the account of, or to deliver or pay to, the owner, property subject to this chapter. See
• home- and community-based services: includes all home-based services and Enhanced Residential Care. 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.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Money order: means a payment order for a specified amount of money. See
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: means a person that has a legal, beneficial, or equitable interest in property subject to this chapter or the person's legal representative when acting on behalf of the owner. See
• Person: means an individual, estate, business association, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. 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
• Probate: Proving a will
• Property: means tangible property described in section 1465 of this title or a fixed and certain interest in intangible property held, issued, or owed in the course of a holder's business or by a government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. See
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Savings: means the difference remaining at the conclusion of each fiscal year between the amount of funds appropriated for Choices for Care and the sum of expended and obligated funds, less an amount equal to one percent of that fiscal year's total Choices for Care expenditure. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the U. See
• Security: means :

• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.