New Hampshire Revised Statutes 120:1 – Taking, and Assessment of Damages
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 120:1
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
- 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
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Whenever the United States government cannot obtain by purchase any land required by it for public uses, it may, through its officers or agents, file in the office of the secretary of state, and also in the office of the clerk of the town in which the land is located, and cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county, an accurate description thereof with reference to permanent bounds upon the land, accompanied by a correct plan of the same, and petition the selectmen of the town for an assessment of the damages to the owner by reason of the taking thereof. The selectmen shall thereupon appoint a hearing, give notice thereof, hear the parties, assess the damages, and file their return with the town clerk as required by law in the laying out of highways.