Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 568:56

  • 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
The date of the filing of the debtor’s assignment or of the filing of the creditor’s petition shall be deemed to be the beginning of proceedings in insolvency under the provisions of this chapter in each case and the time from which other times and dates shall be reckoned.