626:1 Requirement of a Voluntary Act
626:2 General Requirements of Culpability
626:3 Effect of Ignorance or Mistake
626:4 Intoxication
626:5 Entrapment
626:6 Consent
626:7 Defenses; Affirmative Defenses and Presumptions
626:8 Criminal Liability for Conduct of Another

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 626 - General Principles

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • 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.