New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:21 – Forfeiture
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:21
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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.
- Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, which impounds or diverts water and which has a height of 6 feet or more, or is located at the outlet of a great pond. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Upon the written complaint of any citizen filed with the attorney general, setting forth that any corporation has failed to commence the actual work of constructing its dam or plant during the time limited by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482:20 or has failed to prosecute the same with reasonable diligence until such dam or plant has been completed and in operation, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to enforce by an appropriate proceeding a forfeiture of the rights, powers, privileges and franchises under which the corporation might have erected its dam or plant.