{"data":{"id":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-1401","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"14 V.S.A. § 1401","heading":"Executor or administrator may sue and defend","body":"An executor or administrator may commence, prosecute, or defend, in the right of the deceased, actions that survive to the executor or administrator and are necessary for the recovery and protection of the property or rights of the deceased and may prosecute or defend the actions commenced in the lifetime of the deceased.","path":["Title 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Chapter 071: Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators","Subchapter 001: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/071/01401","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:59Z","sha256":"3eaa623b57dd008a27224167b5281cd88407375427bc4dec0bdba9dd4c91af5a","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-1331-1341","next":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-1402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}