N.H. Admin. Code § Rep 202.01 - Definitions

(a) "Appearance" means a written notification to the board that a party or a party's representative intends to actively participate in a hearing.

(b) "Hearing" means "adjudicative proceeding" as defined by RSA 541-A:1, I, namely, "the procedure to be followed in contested cases, as set forth in RSA 541-A:31 through RSA 541-A:36."

(c) "Motion" means a request to the presiding officer for an order or ruling directing some act to be done in favor of the party making the motion, including a statement of justification or reasons for the request.

(d) "Natural person" means a human being.

(e) "Party" means "party" as defined by RSA 541-A:1, XII, namely, "each person or board named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as a right to be admitted as a party."

(f) "Person" means "person" as defined by RSA 541-A:1, XIII, namely, "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character other than a board."

(g) "Presiding officer" means presiding officer as defined in RSA 541-A:1, XIV.

(h) "Proof by a preponderance of the evidence" means a demonstration by admissible evidence that a fact or legal conclusion is more probable than not to be true.

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N.H. Admin. Code § Rep 202.01

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