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The purpose of RSA 508:1 is to make “RSA chapter 508 the source for ‘catch-all’ statutes of limitations and tolling provisions, and to ensure that more specific statutes found elsewhere remain controlling.” Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 747 (1994).

Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 745, 645 A.2d 673 (1994).

Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746 (1994).

RSA 508:1 (1997) states that “[t]he provisions of this chapter shall not apply to cases in which a different time is limited by statute.” The purpose of this section “is to make RSA chapter 508 the source for ‘catch-all’ statutes of limitations and tolling provisions, and to ensure that more specific statutes found elsewhere remain controlling.” Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 747 (1994).

RSA chapter 508, which is entitled “Limitation of Actions,” is largely comprised of general statutes of limitations concerning various actions, see, e.g., RSA 508:2 (1997) (real actions); 508:4 (1997) (personal actions); RSA 508:9 (1997) (defendant’s absence); see also Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 747 (1994).

“If the language is plain and unambiguous, we need not look beyond the statute for further indications of legislative intent.” Doggett v. Town, of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746 (1994) (quotation omitted).

Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746 (1994).

“If the language is plain and unambiguous, we need not look beyond the statute for further indications of legislative intent.” Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746 (1994) (quotation omitted).

“If the language is plain and unambiguous, we need not look beyond the statute for further indications of legislative intent.” Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746 (1994) (quotation omitted).

Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746, 645 A.2d 673, 674-75 (1994).

This construction of RSA 159:15 effectuates the underlying purpose of RSA 159:15, see Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746, 645 A.2d 673, 675 (1994) (holding statutes must be construed to effectuate their evident purpose), which includes protecting police officers in the performance of their duties and guarding against the use of a weapon to effect escape.

Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746, 645 A.2d 673, 674 (1994); Appeal of N.H. Catholic Charities, 130 N.H. 822, 828, 546 A.2d 1085, 1089 (1988).

The placement and meaning of this latter phrase indicate that, to be solid waste, matter must be “discarded” or “abandoned.” See Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 746, 645 A.2d 673, 674 (1994) (words of statute construed together, not read in isolation).

ranted the town’s in limine motion, concluding, without reference to the revival action, that the effect of the voluntary nonsuit was to let the judgment of the ZBA “stand as if no *309 appeal had been taken.” In a separate order, the court ruled that the doctrine of res judicata prevented revival of the ZBA appeal under RSA 508:10, distinguishing our decision in Doggett v. Town of North Hampton, 138 N.H. 744, 645 A.2d 673 (1994).