Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 303:17

  • 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
When by mistake or accident, or otherwise, the proprietors of common lands fail to hold their annual meeting, or where no mode for calling special meetings is provided, one or more of the proprietors may apply in writing to any justice of the peace, requesting him to call a meeting.