Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 2 > Chapter 19 - Legislative Advisory Committee On the State House

• Air navigation: means the operation of aircraft in the air space over this State, or upon any airport or restricted landing area within this State. See
• Airport: means any area of land or water set aside by the Agency, any political subdivision, or person, except a restricted landing area, that is designed for the landing and take-off of aircraft, and used or to be used in the interest of the general public whether or not facilities are provided for the shelter, servicing, or repair of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo, and all appurtenant areas used or suitable for airport buildings or other airport facilities, including all appurtenant rights-of-way. 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
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Articles of organization: means the articles of organization of a mutual benefit enterprise required by section 302 of this title. See
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• biennially: shall mean the year in which a regular session of the General Assembly is held. See
• Board: means the Transportation Board. See
• Board of directors: means the board of directors of a mutual benefit enterprise. See
• Bylaws: means the bylaws of a mutual benefit enterprise. See
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Cooperative: means an entity organized under any cooperative law of any jurisdiction. See
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Designated office: means the office that a mutual benefit enterprise or a foreign enterprise is required to designate and maintain under subdivision 117(a)(1) of this title. See
• Director: means a director of a mutual benefit enterprise. See
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• 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.
• Investor member: means a member that has made a contribution to a mutual benefit enterprise and:

• Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Member: means a person that is admitted as a patron member or investor member or both in a mutual benefit enterprise. See
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Mutual benefit enterprise: means an enterprise organized under this title. See
• Organic rules: means the articles of organization and bylaws of a mutual benefit enterprise. See
• Organizer: means an individual who signs the initial articles of organization. See
• Patron member: means a member that has made a contribution to a mutual benefit enterprise and:

• Patronage: means business transactions between a mutual benefit enterprise and a person that entitles the person to receive financial rights based on the value or quantity of business done between the enterprise and the person. See
• Person: means an individual; corporation; business trust; cooperative; estate; trust; partnership; limited partnership; limited liability company; mutual benefit enterprise; joint venture; association; public corporation; government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; or any other legal or commercial entity. See
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Principal office: means the principal executive office of a mutual benefit enterprise or foreign enterprise, whether or not in this State. See
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Required information: means the information a mutual benefit enterprise is required to maintain under section 114 of this title. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Transportation. See
• State: means a state of the United States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. See
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Voting group: means any combination of one or more voting members in one or more districts or classes that under the organic rules or this title are entitled to vote and can be counted together collectively on a matter at a members' meeting. See
• Voting power: means the total current power of members to vote on a particular matter for which a vote may or is to be taken. See
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.