Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 43:4

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
They shall hear all parties who desire to be heard, and examine them and their witnesses under oath, which either of the selectmen may administer; they may adjourn when they deem it necessary; and they shall make their decision in writing, and cause the petition, order of notice, evidence of service and their decision to be filed in the town clerk’s office and recorded at length upon the town records; and their decision shall be of no force or effect until the same is done.