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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 14A:13-12

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
(1) The Attorney General may bring an action in the Superior Court in the name of the State to enjoin a foreign corporation from transacting business in this State

(a) without having first obtained a certificate of authority pursuant to this Chapter; or

(b) of a character not set forth in its application for a certificate of authority or for an amended certificate of authority; or

(c) after its authority to transact business in this State has been surrendered or revoked; or

(d) after it is dissolved or its authority or existence is otherwise terminated or cancelled in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

(2) The Superior Court may proceed in such action in a summary manner or otherwise.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not exclude any other ground provided by law for injunctive relief against a foreign corporation to restrain it from the exercise of any franchise or the transaction of any business within this State.

L.1968, c.350.