Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 534:29

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
The court or justice awarding any such writ, or to whom it is returned, may punish every disobedience to the order thereof as for a contempt, and may compel obedience thereto by process of attachment.