New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:41 – Security for Damages
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:41
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
- Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization or legal entity of any kind. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
Any person, upon filing a petition as provided by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482:33 or 482:40, may be required at any time, upon application to the court in which such petition is filed, to give within a reasonable time such security as justice may require for any damages which have been or may be occasioned by such proceedings or to satisfy any judgment which may be rendered in such proceedings, and no such person shall derive any title from the proceedings or shall be discharged from any liability in relation to the premises until the person aggrieved or damaged has been paid or tendered the amount of the judgment rendered.