In this chapter:
I. “Adult” means any person of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages, or older as defined by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 175:1, I.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 507-F:1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • 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

II. “Alcoholic beverages” means liquor and beverages as those terms are defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 175:1, VIII and XLII.
III. “Intoxicated person” means an individual who is in a state of intoxication as defined by this chapter.
IV. “Intoxication” means an impairment of a person’s mental or physical faculties as a result of drug or alcoholic beverage use so as to diminish that person’s ability to think and act in a manner in which an ordinary prudent and cautious person, in full possession of his faculties and using reasonable care, would act under like circumstances.
V. “Licensee” means any person who is required to be licensed to serve alcoholic beverages under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 178 and 179.
VI. “Minor” means any person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages.
VII. “Person” means any individual, governmental body, corporation or other legal entity.
VIII. “Premises” means any establishment licensed or required to be licensed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 175:1, LIV.
IX. “Service of alcoholic beverage” or “service” means any sale, gift, or other furnishing of alcoholic beverages.