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Code · Vermont · Title 12 — Court Procedure · Chapter 213

§ 5963.

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§ 5963. Writ and complaint—justice ejectment
Writ and Complaint in Justice Ejectment
STATE OF VERMONT, To any sheriff or constable in
......................... County, ss. the State, or to .........................................
} an indifferent person,
Greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to attach the goods, chattels, or estate of ......................... of .............................. , in the county of .............................. to the value of ................................... dollars, and ......................... notify thereof according to law, (and for want thereof take his or her body, if to be found within your precinct, and him or her safely keep so that you have him or her to appear before me) (and ................................... also notify to appear before me) at .............................. , on the ........................................ day of ......................... at ............... o’clock in the ...................... noon, then and there to answer to the complaint of .............................. of .............................. , in the county of .............................. .
For that the said defendant, .............................. , is in the possession of certain lands (and tenements) situated in the town of ........................................ , in the county of ................................... , described as follows: (insert a brief description) which lands (and tenements) the said defendant holds unlawfully and against the right of the plaintiff, as it is said.
To the damage of the plaintiff ........................................ dollars, to recover which and the quiet and peaceable possession of the premises, with just costs, the plaintiff brings this action.
Fail not, but service and return make according to law.
(Conclude as in § 5903.)
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