Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 383-A:7-703

  • 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.
  • 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
In addition to the commissioner’s authority under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:9, the insurance commissioner may issue a cease and desist order, as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 400-A:10, against any person which engages in any act or conduct in violation of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:7-702 involving a state bank or credit union under the jurisdiction of the insurance commissioner and may bring legal action to enforce the order.