New Jersey Statutes 2A:168-27. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:168-27
- 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.
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction:
“Adult” means a person who is 18 years of age or older or a person who is under 18 years of age who either by statute or court order is considered an adult.
“Bylaws” mean those bylaws established by the Interstate Commission for its governance, or for directing or controlling the Interstate Commission’s actions or conduct.
“Compact administrator” means the individual in each compacting state appointed pursuant to the terms of this compact responsible for the administration and management of the State‘s supervision and transfer of offenders subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adopted by the Interstate Commission and policies adopted by the State Council under this compact.
“Compacting state” means any state which has enacted the enabling legislation for this compact.
“Commissioner” means the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to Article III of this compact.
“Interstate Commission” means the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision established by this compact.
“Member” means the commissioner of a compacting state or designee, who shall be a person officially connected with the commissioner.
“Non Compacting state” means any state which has not enacted the enabling legislation for this compact.
“Offender” means an adult placed under, or subject to, supervision as the result of the commission of a criminal offense and released to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, paroling authorities, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, business enterprise, or other legal entity, either public or private.
“Rules” means acts of the Interstate Commission, duly promulgated pursuant to Article VIII of this compact, substantially affecting interested parties in addition to the Interstate Commission, which shall have the force and effect of law in the compacting states.
“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia and any other territorial possessions of the United States.
“State Council” means the resident members of the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision created by each state under Article IV of this compact.
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