Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 227-J - Timber Harvesting

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Basal area: means the cross sectional area of a tree measured at a height of 4
  1/2 feet above the ground, usually expressed in square feet per acre for a stand of trees. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of natural and cultural resources. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• Director: means the director of the division of forests and lands, department of natural and cultural resources, also known as the state forester. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• Division: means the division of forests and lands, department of natural and cultural resources. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Forest management: means the application of scientific and economic principles to conserve forest resources and obtain forest benefits. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• Forestry: means the science of silviculture and the practice and art of managing and using for human benefit forestlands and the natural resources that occur in association with forestlands, including trees, other plants, animals, soil, water, and related air and climate. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• Market value: means stumpage value as determined in the same manner as other property values for the purposes of taxation at the time the timber is cut. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-G:2
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.