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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 151:17

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • 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
The department of health and human services may, in accordance with the laws of the state governing injunctions and other process, maintain an action in the name of the state against any person, partnership, association, or corporation, or state, county or local governmental unit, or any division, department, board or agency thereof, for establishing, conducting, managing or operating any facility within the meaning of the chapter without first having a license therefor as herein provided. In charging any defendant in a complaint in such action, it shall be sufficient to charge that such defendant did, upon a certain day and in a certain county, establish, conduct, manage, or operate a facility without having a license to do so, without averring any further or more particular facts concerning the same.