231:1 Class IV, V and VI
231:2 Class IV Compact Section Highways
231:3 Class V Town Roads
231:4 Village Districts Not Eligible for Road Funds
231:5 Class IV Highways Financed by Federal Aid Funds
231:6 Highways to Public Waters
231:7 Applicable Provisions
231:8 Petition
231:9 Notice
231:10 Owner of Property; Notice
231:10-a Expenses Paid by Petitioner
231:11 Hearing
231:12 Layout
231:13 Joint Action
231:14 Apportionment of Cost
231:15 Assessment of Damages
231:16 Return
231:17 Payment or Tender of Damages
231:18 To Nonresident
231:19 When Owner or Resident Unknown
231:20 In Case of Dispute
231:21 Gates and Bars
231:21-a Uniform Provisions Governing Class VI Highways
231:22 Previously Discontinued Highway
231:22-a Reclassifying a Class VI Highway
231:23 Conditional Layout
231:24 Winter Roads
231:25 Towns on Connecticut River
231:26 Agreement as to Expenses
231:27 Boundary Lines of Town Highways
231:28 Conditional Layout for Existing Private Rights-of-Way or Class VI Highways
231:29 Betterment Assessments Against Abutters and Those Served
231:30 Liens for Assessments
231:31 Collection of Assessments
231:32 Abatement and Appeal of Betterment Assessments
231:33 Repair and Maintenance
231:34 Appeal
231:35 Deposit in Court
231:36 Payment by Court
231:37 Judgment Against Petitioner
231:38 Petition for Layout
231:39 Notice
231:40 Petition
231:41 Use and Discontinuance
231:42 Notice and Hearing
231:43 Power to Discontinue
231:44 Notice Required
231:45 Subject to Gates and Bars
231:45-a Discontinuance of Highways Subject to Legislative Body Approval
231:46 Authority to Reserve Existing Utility Easements
231:47 Consent of Court
231:48 Appeal From Discontinuance; Damages
231:49 Petition for Assessment of Damages
231:50 Towns Not Liable After Discontinuance
231:51 Dedicated Ways
231:52 Release by Town
231:53 Limited Access Highways
231:54 Definition
231:55 Layout, Construction
231:56 Restrictions
231:57 Levy of Highway Taxes
231:58 Collection
231:59 Expenditure
231:59-a Emergency Lanes
231:60 Insufficiency of Taxes
231:61 Repair by Contract
231:62 Highway Agents
231:62-a Terms of 2 or 3 Years
231:62-b Large Towns
231:63 Additional Duties
231:64 Expert Agent
231:65 Oath; Bond; Supervision
231:66 Compensation; Statements
231:67 Temporary Absence
231:68 Accounts
231:69 Gravel May Be Taken
231:70 Obstruction During Repairs
231:71 Village Districts
231:72 Contribution by County to Repairs
231:73 Procedure
231:74 Contribution by Another Town
231:75 Damages From Grade or Drainage Change; Assessment by Selectmen
231:76 Petition to Court; Remedy Exclusive
231:78 Payment of Damages and Basis of Liability Defined
231:79 Highways to Summer Cottages; Exemption
231:80 Notice
231:81 Keeping Open Highways to Summer Cottages
231:81-a Repair of Roads Not Maintained by a Municipality
231:90 Duty of Town After Notice of Insufficiency
231:91 Municipality to Act; Liability
231:92 Liability of Municipalities; Standard of Care
231:92-a Snow, Ice and Other Weather Hazards
231:93 When Municipalities Not Liable
231:94 Sufficiency of Warning
231:95 Approval of Railings
231:105 Liability of 2 or More Towns
231:106 Notice; Appearance
231:107 Settlement by One Town
231:108 Apportionment
231:109 Liability of Persons for Damages on Bridges, Culverts, and Embankments
231:110 Venue
231:111 Construction of Sidewalks
231:112 Assessing Abutters
231:113 Repair and Maintenance
231:114 Findings and Declaration of Necessity
231:115 Definitions
231:116 Plan
231:117 Construction and Operation
231:118 Eminent Domain
231:119 Borrowing Power
231:120 Levying Assessments for Public Parking Facilities
231:121 Basis of Assessment
231:122 Assessment for Operating Expenses
231:123 Special Account
231:124 Lien for Assessment or Rentals
231:125 Collection of Assessments
231:126 Abatement of Assessments
231:127 Petition to Court
231:128 Correction of Assessments
231:129 Optional Referendum; Two-Thirds Vote of Legislative Body
231:130 Power to Install
231:130-a Notification of Unpaid Fines
231:131 Revenue
231:132 Exeter Police Commission
231:132-a Parking Enforcement Provisions
231:133 Names; Changes; Signs
231:133-a Address Numbers on Streets and Highways
231:134 Corners and Angles
231:135 Lost Bounds; Exceptions
231:136 Where in Force
231:139 Tree Wardens
231:140 Control of Trees
231:141 Acquisition of Trees
231:142 Records of Trees Acquired
231:143 Appropriation
231:144 Removal of Trees
231:145 Removal of Certain Hazardous Trees
231:146 Notice
231:147 Injury or Defacement of Trees
231:148 Trees Donated
231:149 Public Ownership
231:150 Clearing Highways
231:151 Improvements by Abutter
231:152 Burning Brush
231:153 Disposal of Brush
231:154 Taking Tree Rights
231:155 State Supervision
231:156 Penalty
231:157 Scenic Roads; Designation
231:158 Effect of Designation as Scenic Roads
231:159 Applicability of Subdivision
231:160 Authority to Erect
231:160-a Exception for Existing Locations
231:161 Procedure
231:162 Confirming Locations
231:163 Changes
231:164 Return and Record
231:165 Services and Fees
231:166 Petition to Court
231:167 Damages
231:168 Interference With Travel
231:169 Joint Licenses
231:170 Transfer of License
231:171 Renewal and Replacement
231:172 Cutting Trees
231:173 Unlicensed
231:174 No Prescriptive Right
231:175 To Indemnify Town
231:176 To Party Injured
231:177 Removal of Wires and Poles by the State or Town After Notice
231:178 Service of Notice
231:179 Notice; Contents; Record
231:180 Defining Location
231:181 Time of Removal
231:182 Temporary Removal
231:183 Applicability of Subdivision
231:184 Excavation in Highway
231:185 Restoring Highway
231:186 Liability for Damages
231:187 Petition for Easement
231:188 Procedure
231:189 Malicious Injury to Aqueducts or Pipes; Penalty
231:190 Statement of Purpose
231:191 Maximum Weight Limits

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • bylaw: when used in reference to legislative action taken by a city, town, county or village district shall have the same meaning as an ordinance and shall be subject to the same procedures for enactment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:45
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
  • governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • legislative body: shall mean a town meeting, school district meeting, village district meeting, city or town council, mayor and council, mayor and board of aldermen, or, when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county convention. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:47
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • petitioner: shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • registered mail: when used in connection with the requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:32-a
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • road: shall include all bridges thereon. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:26
  • seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:11
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.