Vermont § 2 - Definitions As used in sections 3 and 4 of this chapter: (1) “Adopting authority” means the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Chief Superior

§ 2. Definitions As used in sections 3 and 4 of this chapter: (1) “Adopting authority” means the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Chief Superior

• Judge, where appropriate. (2) “Commission” means the Public Utility Commission. (3) “Court” means the Supreme Court, except in those instances where the statutes permit
  rules to be adopted by the Chief Superior Judge, in which case, the word “court” means
  the Chief Superior Judge. (4) “Rule” means a statement of general applicability that implements, interprets, or
  prescribes law or policy or the general procedural rules codified in Commission Rule
  2.000. It includes judicial or administrative orders such as those issued under sections
  31 and 37 of the Constitution of the State of Vermont and all substantive or procedural
  requirements of a court, which affect one or more persons who are not employees of
  the court, which are used by the court in the discharge of its duties. It shall not
  include judicial orders or opinions issued in the resolution of a case or controversy.
  It shall not include any orders or rules of the Commission other than the general
  procedural rules codified in Commission Rule 2.000. (Added 1981, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2018, No. 8 (Sp. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 28, 2018; 2023, No. 33, § 7, eff. July 1, 2023.)