New Jersey Statutes 2A:42-75. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:42-75
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- 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
(a) “Public officer” shall mean the officer, officers, board or body who is or are authorized by ordinances adopted hereunder to exercise the powers prescribed by such ordinances and by this act.
(b) “Owner” shall mean the holder or holders of the title in fee simple.
(c) “Parties in interest” shall mean all individuals, associations and corporations who have interests of record in a multiple dwelling, and who are in actual possession thereof and any person authorized to receive rents payable for housing space in a multiple dwelling.
(d) “Multiple dwelling” means and includes any building or structure and land appurtenant thereto containing 3 or more apartments or rented or offered for rent to 3 or more tenants or family units.
(e) “Housing space” means that portion of a multiple dwelling rented or offered for rent for living or dwelling purposes in which cooking equipment is supplied, and includes all privileges, services, furnishings, furniture, equipment, facilities, and improvements connected with the use or occupancy of such portion of the property. The term shall not mean or include public housing or dwelling space in any hotel, motel or established guest house, commonly regarded as a hotel, motel or established guest house, as the case may be, in the community in which it is located.
(f) “Bureau of Housing” means the Bureau of Housing in the State Department of Conservation and Economic Development.
(g) “Substandard multiple dwelling” means any multiple dwelling determined to be substandard by the public officer.
L.1966, c. 168, s. 2.