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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 235:21

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
Where it appears that the class I, II, or III highway designated for improvement by the commissioner is of no particular benefit to a town, or, in cases where a town is unable to pay its proportion of such cost, the commissioner may, with the approval of the governor and council, pay such further expense as he may deem equitable.