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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:17-88

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. 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
2. As used in this act:

“Board” means the board of trustees of the Meadowlands Conservation Trust established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1999, c.31 (C. 13:17-90);

“Convey” means to sell, transfer, lease, or donate land;

“Governmental entity” means the federal government, the State, a bi-state agency, a county, or a municipality, or any political subdivision, department, authority, board, bureau, commission, or agency thereof; an independent authority; Rutgers, The State University, or any other public institution of higher education in the State; or the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C. 13:17-5);

“Hackensack meadowlands” means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C. 13:17-3);

“Land” or “lands” means real property, including improvements thereof or thereon, rights-of-way, water, riparian and other rights, easements, and privileges, and all other rights or interests of any kind or description in, relating to, or connected with real property; and

“Trust” means the Meadowlands Conservation Trust created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.31 (C. 13:17-89).

L.1999,c.31,s.2.