Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities

• equity security: when used in this chapter means any stock or similar security; or any security convertible, with or without consideration, into such a security or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase such a security; or any such warrant or right; or any other security which the commissioner considers to be of similar nature and considers necessary or appropriate, by such rules and regulations as he may prescribe in the public interest or for the protection of investors, to treat as an equity security. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 402-A:6
• 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.
• 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
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.