Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 126-BB - New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board

• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
• 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
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• 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