New Jersey Statutes 2A:84A-21.12. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:84A-21.12
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. “Work product” means any documentary materials created by or for a person in connection with his plans, or the plans of the person creating such materials, to gather, file procure, transmit, compile, edit, publish or disseminate news for the public, except such work product as constitutes contraband, or the fruits, instrumentalities or evidence of a crime.
c. “Any other governmental unit” includes any branch, subdivision or agency of the government of the State or any locality within it.
d. “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, or his designee.
e. “County prosecutor” means the duly appointed prosecutor of a county, or his designee.
L.1979, c. 488, s. 4, eff. Feb. 28, 1980.