New Jersey Statutes 2C:58-21. Definitions relative to extreme risk protective orders
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2C:58-21
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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
“Ammunition” means ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellant powder designed for use in any firearm, but does not include any shotgun shot or pellet not designed for use as the single, complete projectile load for one shotgun hull or casing or any unloaded, non-metallic shotgun hull or casing not having a primer.
“Deadly weapon” shall have the same meaning as in subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:11-1
“Family or household member” means a spouse, domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C. 26:8A-3), partner in a civil union couple as defined in section 2 of P.L.2006, c.103 (C. 37:1-29), or former spouse, former domestic partner, or former partner in a civil union couple, or any other person who is a present household member or was at any time a household member; a person with whom the respondent has a child in common, or with whom the respondent anticipates having a child in common if one of the parties is pregnant; or a current or former dating partner.
“Firearm” shall have the same meaning as in N.J.S. 2C:39-1
“Law enforcement agency” means a department, division, bureau, commission, board or other authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof which employs law enforcement officers.
“Law enforcement officer” means a person whose public duties include the power to act as an officer for the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the laws of this State.
“Petitioner” means a family or household member or law enforcement officer.
“Recent” means within six months prior to the date the petition was filed.
L.2018, c.35, s.2.