New Hampshire Revised Statutes 110-B:54 – Powers of Officers
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I. Military judges and summary court officers shall have power to issue warrants to arrest accused persons and to bring them before the courts for trial whenever such persons shall have disobeyed an order in writing from the convening authority to appear before such court, a copy of the charge or charges having been delivered to the accused with such order, and to issue subpoenas duces tecum and to enforce by attachment attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and to sentence for a refusal to be sworn or to answer as provided in actions before the superior court.
II. Such officers, in addition, are authorized and empowered to issue all other process, including writs and warrants, necessary and proper to carry into full effect the powers vested in said courts.
III. The process herein authorized shall be directed to an officer qualified by the laws of this state to serve criminal process; and such process shall be in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by regulations issued under this chapter.
II. Such officers, in addition, are authorized and empowered to issue all other process, including writs and warrants, necessary and proper to carry into full effect the powers vested in said courts.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 110-B:54
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
III. The process herein authorized shall be directed to an officer qualified by the laws of this state to serve criminal process; and such process shall be in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by regulations issued under this chapter.