Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 362 - Definition of Terms; Utilities Exempted

• campground: means a recreational camping park on which 10 or more tents, or recreational vehicles including trailers, tent trailers, vans, pickup campers, or motor homes are used as temporary living quarters for recreational use, and a fee is charged for such land use. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 362:1-a
• commission: as used in this title , means the public utilities commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 362:1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Excepted local exchange carrier: means :
  (1) An incumbent local exchange carrier providing telephone services to 25,000 or more lines; or
  (2) An incumbent local exchange carrier providing service to less than 25,000 lines that elects to be excepted, upon the filing with the commission of a written notice advising of said election; or
  (3) Any provider of telecommunications services that is not an incumbent local exchange carrier. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 362:7
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• hot water: means water that has a temperature of no more than 200 degrees Fahrenheit that circulates in a district heating system under pressure of no more than 232 pounds per square inch. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 362:4-d
• IP-enabled service: means any service, capability, functionality, or application provided using Internet Protocol, or any successor protocol, that enables a user to send or receive a communication in Internet Protocol format or any successor format, regardless of technology; provided, however, that no service included within the definition of "Voice over Internet Protocol service" shall be included within this definition. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 362:7
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.