New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 649-A – Child Sexual Abuse Images


649-A:1	Declaration of Findings and Purposes
649-A:2	Definitions
649-A:3	Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Images
649-A:3-a	Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Images
649-A:3-b	Manufacture of Child Sexual Abuse Images
649-A:4	Exemption
649-A:5	Justifiable Dissemination
649-A:6	Proving Age of Child
649-A:7	Discovery

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 649-A - Child Sexual Abuse Images

Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
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.
Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
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.
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
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.
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4