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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 479:10

  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • 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
If after such performance or payment, or a legal tender thereof, the mortgagee, being duly requested and having his reasonable charges therefor tendered to him, shall refuse or neglect to execute a release of his interest in the mortgaged premises, the mortgagor or person having his estate may apply by petition to the superior court in the county where the mortgaged estate or the greater part thereof lies stating the conveyance of the estate, the condition of the conveyance and the performance, payment or tender thereof, and praying for a decree of discharge or other relief.