Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 507:6

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
A person compelled to pay damages for the escape of a prisoner in his custody may recover the same of the prisoner escaping or of others aiding the escape.