New Hampshire Revised Statutes 518:2 – Petition
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 518:2
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
A person desiring to take such deposition shall present his petition to the court or justices in writing, under oath, briefly setting forth his interest in the subject, and the facts to which the desired testimony relates, the names and residences of all persons supposed to be interested therein, or, if the fact be so, that the names or residences of such persons are unknown, and the names of the witnesses proposed to be examined.