RSA 266-A:2 Definition of Terms.

The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
I. The term "department" means the department of safety.
II. The term "person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association, railroad corporation, including any trustee, administrator, executor, receiver, assignee or other personal representative thereof.
III. The term "motor carrier" includes both a common carrier and a contract carrier of passengers by motor vehicle.
IV. The term "common carrier of passengers" means a person holding itself out to the general public to provide motor vehicle transportation for compensation over regular or irregular routes, or both.