New Hampshire Revised Statutes 509:13 – Municipal Courts; Attachment; Execution
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 509:13
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
If the defendant in an action before a municipal court has personal property liable to attachment in a county of which he is not an inhabitant, the original writ and execution may be directed to the sheriff of any county, his deputy or to any constable of any town in which the defendant resides or has such property.