21-O:1 Establishment; General Functions
21-O:1-a Revolving Fund
21-O:1-b Time Limits for Department Action on Applications, Petitions, and Requests
21-O:2 Commissioner; Assistant Commissioner; Directors; Chief Operations Officer; Compensation
21-O:3 Duties of Commissioner
21-O:5-a Wetlands Council
21-O:6 Division of Water
21-O:7 Water Council
21-O:8 Division of Waste Management
21-O:9 Waste Management Council
21-O:10 Division of Air Resources
21-O:11 Air Resources Council
21-O:12 Office of the Commissioner
21-O:14 Administrative Appeals
21-O:15 Pollution Prevention Policy
21-O:16 Pollution Prevention Coordinator
21-O:17 Definitions
21-O:18 Duties of Coordinator
21-O:19 Small Business Technical Assistance
21-O:20 State Agency Cooperation
21-O:21 Partnerships
21-O:23 Low Carbon Fuel Standards Programs; State Participation
21-O:24 Applicability

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 21-O - Department of Environmental Services

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • farm: means any land, buildings, or structures on or in which agriculture and farming operations or activities are carried out or conducted and shall include the residence or residences of owners, occupants, or employees located on such land. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:34-a
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • oath: shall include "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and, in like cases, the word "sworn" shall include the word "affirmed. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:24
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.