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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 515:12

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
The plaintiff is entitled to one continuance in case of a setoff, unless a particular statement of the debt or demand, with a notice that the defendant will set off the same, has been served on the plaintiff ten days before the sitting of the court.