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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 232:47

  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
A meeting of the owners of the lands described in such notice may be called by a justice, upon petition of any person interested therein and the owners, at such meeting, may choose a moderator and clerk, assessors and a collector, and may raise by tax upon the owners the amount for which they are so liable, with incidental charges and any costs and interest which may have accrued thereon.