275:1 Union Membership
275:2 Penalty
275:3 Payment for Medical Examination or Records Furnished
275:4 Definition of Terms
275:5 Penalty
275:10 Advances to Laborers
275:11 Labor Trouble, Soliciting Help
275:12 Form of Advertisement
275:13 Termination of Labor Trouble
275:14 Penalty
275:28 Holidays
275:29 Penalty
275:30 Day’s Work Defined
275:30-a Lunch or Eating Period
275:31 Making Up Time
275:32 Sunday Work
275:33 Day of Rest
275:33-a Application
275:33-b Special Agreement
275:34 Applications of Provisions
275:35 Exceptions
275:36 Definitions
275:37 Equal Pay
275:37-a Discrimination on Basis of Using Tobacco Products Prohibited
275:37-b Flexible Working Arrangement
275:37-c Use of Criminal Records in Employment Decisions
275:37-d Family and Medical Leave Insurance
275:38 Enforcement
275:38-a Non-Retaliation Provision
275:39 Liquidated Damages
275:40 Penalties
275:41 Limitation of Actions
275:41-a Procedures for Hearings and Appeals
275:41-b Pay Disclosure
275:41-c Pay Equity Information
275:41-d Notice Required
275:42 Definitions
275:43 Weekly or Biweekly
275:43-a Required Pay
275:43-b Payment of Salaried Employees
275:43-c Required Premium Only; Cafeteria Plan
275:44 Employees Separated From Payroll Before Pay Days
275:45 Unconditional Payment of Wages Conceded to be Due
275:46 Prime Contractor’s Responsibility for Wage Payments
275:47 Deceased Employees
275:48 Withholding of Wages
275:48-a Rule Against Perpetuities
275:49 Notification, Posting, and Records
275:50 Waiver Prohibited
275:51 Enforcement
275:52 Penalties
275:52-a Penalty for Failure to Pay Health and Welfare Pension Fund Contributions
275:53 Employees’ Remedies
275:54 Rules and Regulations
275:55 Separability of Provisions
275:56 Employee Access to Personnel Files
275:57 Reimbursement of Employee Expenses
275:58 Definition
275:60 Rulemaking
275:61 Definitions
275:62 Right to Leave Work
275:63 Limitations on Leave
275:64 Discrimination Prohibited
275:65 Penalty
275:66 Leave Authorized in a State of Emergency
275:67 Prohibited Overtime
275:68 Special Agreement
275:69 Penalties
275:70 Noncompete Agreements
275:70-a Noncompete Agreements for Low-Wage Employees Prohibited
275:71 Prohibited Conduct by Employer
275:72 Penalty
275:73 Definition
275:74 Use of Social Media and Electronic Mail
275:75 Penalty
275:78 Definitions
275:79 Notification of Policies
275:80 Sufficient Space
275:81 Reasonable Break Period
275:82 Penalties
275:83 Hardship Exemption

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 275 - Protective Legislation

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • 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.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • 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.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Cross examine: Questioning of a witness by the attorney for the other side.
  • 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.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • farm: means any land, buildings, or structures on or in which agriculture and farming operations or activities are carried out or conducted and shall include the residence or residences of owners, occupants, or employees located on such land. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:34-a
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.