613:1 Definitions
613:2 Summoning Witness in This State to Testify in Another State
613:2-a Alternative Procedure to Compel the Attendance of a Witness to a Contiguous State
613:3 Witness From Another State Summoned to Testify in This State
613:3-a Alternative Procedure to Secure the Attendance of a Witness From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
613:4 Exemption from Arrest and Service of Process
613:5 Uniformity of Interpretation
613:6 Constitutionality

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 613 - Summoning Witnesses From Without a State

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • 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
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • 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
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: shall include any territory of the United States and District of Columbia. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 613:1
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • summons: shall include a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 613:1
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Witness: as used in this chapter shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution, or proceeding. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 613:1