Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 5 - Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living

• Americans with Disabilities Act: means the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and regulations promulgated under the Act, as amended at any time. See
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. See
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• 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
• Home care services: include room, board, safety services, household services, and any specialized services to meet the unique needs of the individual. 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
• Older Americans Act: means the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 and regulations promulgated under the Act, as amended at any time. See
• Older persons: means individuals who have attained the age of 60 years. 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Persons with disabilities: means individual Vermonters who have functional limitations by virtue of physical, psychiatric, cognitive, or psychological conditions. See
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein, and pews or slips in places of public worship shall be treated as real estate. See
• Rehabilitation Act: means the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and regulations promulgated under the Act, as amended at any time. See
• Social Security Act: means the federal Social Security Act and regulations promulgated under the Act, as amended at any time. 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.
• 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