New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-12. Priorities between executions against goods and chattels of same person issued on same day
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-12
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
If 2 or more writs of execution shall be delivered against the goods and chattels of the same person on the same day, the one first delivered shall be first executed and satisfied; provided, however, that if one of any such writs derives from a court order for suitable support and maintenance of a wife, child or children it shall be first executed and satisfied, notwithstanding the prior delivery on the same day of any other such writ of execution.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1969, c. 292, s. 1, eff. Jan. 15, 1970.