New Jersey Statutes 2A:162-11. Disorderly persons; continuance of bail or recognizance on appeal
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:162-11
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- 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
1. In every case where a person has been convicted in a municipal court of a disorderly persons violation, and he has not violated or forfeited his bail or recognizance, such bail or recognizance shall continue in the same terms and effect pending appeal to the Superior Court in lieu of posting a new bond in connection with the appeal, or in the alternative the judge of the municipal court may discharge any such bail or recognizance and release the person on his own recognizance.
L.1974,c.93,s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.134.