{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-21-2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 21:2","heading":"Common Usage.","body":"Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.","path":["Title I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT","Chapter 21: STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/I/21/21-2.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:21:24Z","sha256":"445d0e9b673163de67979cb666010a3ded772c42aa52c25183e40b209ad1d560","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-21-1","next":"us-nh/rsa-21-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}