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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 231:155

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
On all class I and III highways, and state maintained portions of class II highways, the commissioner of transportation shall have under his supervision the planting, acquisition, maintenance and removal of all trees and vegetation and the same powers relative thereto as conferred by this subdivision or any other law upon the cities and towns on highways under their jurisdiction. The commissioner shall make such rules and regulations for the purposes hereof as shall, in his judgment, seem for the best interests of the state.