Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 510:9

  • 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
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Where notice by publication in a newspaper is ordered by any court upon any petition, writ or other similar process, the original of which is upon file in such court, it shall be sufficient to publish a citation containing the title of the case, the name of the court in which it is pending, the time and place of the return and hearing, the fact that such original is on file and may be examined by interested parties and such other facts as the court may order.