Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 358-S - Martial Arts Schools

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means a month-to-month contract, monthly contract, or a term contract:
  (a) "Month-to-month contract" means any contract for a new prospective student to pay membership fees on a monthly basis. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• 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.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• Facilities: means equipment, physical structures, and other tangible property utilized by a martial arts school to conduct its business. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• 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
• Initiation fee: means any sum of money received at the initiation of a membership for the incurred costs, including advertising, administration, commissions, and orientation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• 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
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Martial arts school: means any establishment primarily operated for the purpose of teaching a form or forms of self-defense, such as judo or karate. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• Member: "buyer" or "student" means a natural person who enters into a martial arts school contract or attains a status entitling him or her to the services or facilities of a martial arts school. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• 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
• Monthly contract: means any contract where services are paid pro rata on a monthly basis for a predetermined period of time in excess of one month. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• 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
• Prepayment: means any payment for services or the use of facilities made before the services or facilities are made available by the martial arts school. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• Seller: means the person, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity engaged in the operation of a martial arts school as defined in this section, and who offers for sale martial arts instruction at the martial arts school. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• Services: means programs, plans, guidance, or instruction provided by a martial arts school for martial arts school members. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• 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
• student: means a natural person who enters into a martial arts school contract or attains a status entitling him or her to the services or facilities of a martial arts school. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1
• Term contract: means any contract where services are paid for in whole and in advance for a period of time greater than one month. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 358-S:1