Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 3 > Chapter 13 - Classification of State Personnel

• Accountability: means the degree to which the holder of a position is accountable for the end results of his or her job performance. See
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Agency: means the Agency of Transportation. See
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
• Board: means the Transportation Board. See
• Bodily injury: means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. See
• Bona fide emergency: means an unanticipated need for short-term staffing:

• Caregiver: means :

• Civil disorder: means any public disturbance involving acts of violence by an assemblage of two or more persons that causes an immediate danger of or results in damage or injury to the property or person of any other individual. See
• Class: means one or more positions sufficiently similar in nature, scope, and accountability that the same title, test of fitness, and schedule of compensation may be applied to each position. See
• Court: means the Family Division of the Superior Court. See
• Dangerous weapon: means an explosive or a firearm. See
• Dating: means a social relationship of a romantic nature. See
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• executive authority: shall include the Governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. See
• Explosive: means dynamite, or any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, or fulminate in bulk or dry condition, or blasting caps, or detonating fuses, or blasting powder or any other similar explosive. See
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Federally licensed firearms dealer: means a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer required to conduct national instant criminal background checks under 18 U. See
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• gender identity: means an individual's actual or perceived gender identity, or gender-related characteristics intrinsically related to an individual's gender or gender-identity, regardless of the individual's assigned sex at birth. See
• Governor: as used in this subchapter , shall include any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this State. See
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Highway: includes any private or public street, way, or other place used for travel to or from property. See
• Incendiary device: means a device so constructed that an ignition by fire, friction, concussion, detonation, or other method may produce destructive effects primarily through combustion rather than explosion. See
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Job evaluation: means the systematic method used to determine the value of each job in relation to other jobs within the State service. See
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Law enforcement agency: means the Vermont State Police, a municipal police department, or a sheriff's department. See
• Law enforcement officer: means a person certified as a law enforcement officer under the provisions of 20 Vt. See
• Lewd and lascivious conduct: means any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a vulnerable adult, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of the person or the vulnerable adult. See
• Magistrate: shall mean any Supreme Court Justice, Superior judge, District judge, or Probate judge. See
• Municipality: means a county, city, village, town, or any other political subdivision of this State and any public corporation, authority, or district of this State that is or may be authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct, maintain, improve, or operate transportation facilities or services. See
• Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
• Neglect: means intentional or reckless failure or omission by a caregiver to:

• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, including a trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative. See
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Psychiatric disability: means an impairment of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that limits one or more major life activities but does not include intellectual disability. See
• Public utility: includes any pipeline, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telephone, telegraph, radio, railway, railroad, airplane, transportation, communication, or other system, by whomsoever owned or operated, for public use. See
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
• seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon paper alone or by means of a wafer or wax affixed thereto. See
• Seasonal employment: means employment in a temporary position with a specific start date and anticipated end date for a period of not more than seven months in any 12-month period or employment in a temporary position with a specific start date and anticipated end date for a period of more than seven months that has been approved by the Commissioner of Human Resources pursuant to subdivision 331(c)(3) of this chapter. See
• Sexual act: means conduct between persons consisting of contact between the penis and the vulva, the penis and the anus, the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or any intrusion, however slight, by any part of a person's body or any object into the genital or anal opening of another. See
• Sexual activity: means a sexual act, other than appropriate health care or personal hygiene, or lewd and lascivious conduct. See
• sexual orientation: means female or male homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality. See
• Structure: means any object constructed or installed by man, including buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines. See
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See
• Vulnerable adult: means any person 18 years of age or older who:

• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.