New Hampshire Revised Statutes 541-B:1 – Definitions
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In this chapter:
I. “Agency” means all departments, boards, offices, commissions, institutions, other instrumentalities of state government, including but not limited to the Pease development authority, division of ports and harbors, the New Hampshire housing finance authority, the New Hampshire energy authority, the community college system of New Hampshire, and the Pease development authority, and the general court, including any official or employee of same when acting in the scope of his or her elected or appointed capacity, but excluding political subdivisions of the state.
II. “Board” means the board of claims established by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-B:2.
II-a. “Claim” means any request for monetary relief for either:
(a) Bodily injury, personal injury, death or property damages caused by the failure of the state or state officers, trustees, officials, employees, or members of the general court to follow the appropriate standard of care when that duty was owed to the person making the claim, including any right of action for money damages which either expressly or by implication arises from any law, unless another remedy for such claim is expressly provided by law; or
(b) Property damages suffered by a state employee or official during the performance of that employee’s or official’s duties while on state business where compensation is appropriate under principles of equity and good conscience.
III. “Claimant” means any person who files a claim pursuant to this chapter.
IV. [Repealed.]
V. “Person” means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or political subdivision.
VI. “Political subdivision” means any village district, school district, town, city, county or unincorporated place in the state.
I. “Agency” means all departments, boards, offices, commissions, institutions, other instrumentalities of state government, including but not limited to the Pease development authority, division of ports and harbors, the New Hampshire housing finance authority, the New Hampshire energy authority, the community college system of New Hampshire, and the Pease development authority, and the general court, including any official or employee of same when acting in the scope of his or her elected or appointed capacity, but excluding political subdivisions of the state.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 541-B: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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- 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. “Board” means the board of claims established by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-B:2.
II-a. “Claim” means any request for monetary relief for either:
(a) Bodily injury, personal injury, death or property damages caused by the failure of the state or state officers, trustees, officials, employees, or members of the general court to follow the appropriate standard of care when that duty was owed to the person making the claim, including any right of action for money damages which either expressly or by implication arises from any law, unless another remedy for such claim is expressly provided by law; or
(b) Property damages suffered by a state employee or official during the performance of that employee’s or official’s duties while on state business where compensation is appropriate under principles of equity and good conscience.
III. “Claimant” means any person who files a claim pursuant to this chapter.
IV. [Repealed.]
V. “Person” means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or political subdivision.
VI. “Political subdivision” means any village district, school district, town, city, county or unincorporated place in the state.