New Jersey Statutes 17:3A-1. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:3A-1
- 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.
- 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(a) “Corporation” shall mean a corporation organized pursuant to any law of this State, over which the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance or the Department of Banking and Insurance is required or authorized by law to exercise supervisory or regulatory powers;
(b) “Liquidator” means (1) the trustee or trustees in voluntary dissolution of a corporation; (2) the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance in the exercise of his statutory power to take possession of and to liquidate a corporation; (3) the receiver or receivers, or the trustee or trustees appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to liquidate a corporation; and (4) every person or persons engaged in the liquidation of a corporation in dissolution pursuant to any statute of this State, or by virtue of any lawful order, decree, judgment or proclamation of any administrative, executive or judicial officer of this State.
L.1948, c. 266, p. 1156, s. 1. Amended by L.1953, c. 17, p. 153, s. 5.