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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:18-16

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The directors or trustees of any corporation organized or existing under any general or special law of this State for the purpose of transacting the business of insurance of any kind or class are authorized to pay, and to appropriate money to pay, such taxes, charges and fees as have been or may be imposed against the property, business, income or franchises of such corporation by the laws of this or any other State, or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, in which such corporation is doing business unless, prior to the payment of any such tax, charge or other fee, the law imposing the same shall have been expressly held invalid by the State court having final appellate jurisdiction in the premises or by the Supreme Court of the United States.

L.1945, c. 186, p. 631, s. 1.