New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 613-A – Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act
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- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- 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.
- Penal institutions: includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 613-A:1
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 613-A:1
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- Witness: means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 613-A:1