New Hampshire Revised Statutes 311:1 – Right to Appear, Etc
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 311:1
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
A party in any cause or proceeding may appear, plead, prosecute or defend in his or her proper person, that is, pro se, or may be represented by any citizen of good character. For the purposes of this section, a citizen shall be presumed to be of good character unless demonstrated otherwise.