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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 155:5

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
Every person aggrieved by any decision of such inspectors may appeal therefrom to the superior court. The court, upon reasonable notice, may inquire into the facts by a committee or otherwise and affirm or overrule the order appealed from, and may make such further orders as justice may require.