Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:8-40.6

• birth: means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta attached. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• registrar: means the local registrar of vital statistics of any district. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
• State registrar: means the State registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
• Vital statistics: means statistics concerning births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships established pursuant to P. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1