438:1 Definitions
438:2 Systems of Weights and Measures
438:3 Definitions of Special Units of Measure
438:4 State Standards of Weight and Measure
438:5 Field Standards and Equipment
438:6 Administration; Inspections
438:7 General Powers and Duties of Commissioner
438:8 Rulemaking Authority
438:8-a Division Director; Duties
438:9 Testing of Standards; Testing at State Supported Institutions
438:10 General Testing
438:10-a Fees for Licensing Commercial Devices
438:11 Investigations
438:12 Inspection of Packages
438:13 Stop-Use, Stop-Removal Orders
438:14 Disposition of Correct and Incorrect Apparatus
438:14-a Registered Service Technician
438:15 Police Powers, Right of Entry and Stoppage
438:15-a Training of Inspectors
438:16 City Sealers of Weights and Measures; Appointment
438:17 City Standards and Equipment
438:18 Concurrent Jurisdiction
438:19 Duty of Owners of Incorrect Apparatus
438:20 Method of Sale of Commodities; General
438:21 Packages; Declarations of Quantity and Origin; Variations; Exemptions
438:22 Declarations of Unit Price on Random Packages
438:23 Misleading Packages
438:24 Advertising Packages for Sale
438:25 Sale by Net Weight
438:26 Misrepresentation of Price
438:26-a Grocery Stores; Prices
438:26-b Dating Prewrapped Sandwiches; Rulemaking
438:32 Bulk Deliveries Sold in Terms of Weight and Delivered by Vehicle
438:32-a Services and Bulk Commodities Sold, Rendered, or Delivered in Terms of Weight by Vehicle
438:32-b Contents of Invoice
438:33 Furnace and Stove Oil
438:36 Fees
438:37 Construction of Contracts
438:38 Hindering or Obstructing Officer; Penalties
438:39 Impersonation of Officer; Penalties
438:40 Offenses and Penalties
438:41 Injunction
438:42 Presumptive Evidence
438:43 Validity of Prosecutions
438:44 Separability Provision
438:45 Citation

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 438 - Standards for Weights and Measures

  • 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.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • biennially: when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the biennial meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of November biennially, dating from the commencement of biennial elections in 1878; and the word "annual" when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the annual meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of March. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:7
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:11
  • 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
  • United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • weight: as used in this chapter in connection with any commodity shall mean net weight. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 438:25