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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:3-7.13

  • 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.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
Any part of any agreement, arrangement, or other device shall be unlawful, which as a condition to the transportation of a loaded or empty motor vehicle, trailer or container, requires or authorizes a carrier, shipper, consignee of freight or any person engaged in the transportation thereof to pay a levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation to any person, partnership, association, organization or corporation other than a carrier transporting, or the owner or lessee of, such motor vehicle, trailer or container, if such levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation is dependent or contingent upon the use of another mode of transportation for the movement of such motor vehicle, trailer or container.

Any person, partnership, association, organization or corporation who enters into any agreement, arrangement, or other device made unlawful by this section or who collects or receives any levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation under any provision of any agreement, arrangement, or other device made unlawful by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

L.1962, c. 246, s. 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1963.