§ 12A:7-101 Short title
§ 12A:7-102 Definitions and index of definitions
§ 12A:7-103 Relation of chapter to treaty or statute
§ 12A:7-104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title
§ 12A:7-105 Reissuance in alternative medium
§ 12A:7-106 Control of electronic document of title
§ 12A:7-201 Person that may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under bond
§ 12A:7-202 Form of warehouse receipt; effect of omission
§ 12A:7-203 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription
§ 12A:7-204 Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability
§ 12A:7-205 Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases
§ 12A:7-206 Termination of storage at warehouse’s option
§ 12A:7-207 Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods
§ 12A:7-208 Altered warehouse receipts
§ 12A:7-209 Lien of warehouse
§ 12A:7-210 Enforcement of warehouse’s lien
§ 12A:7-301 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; “said to contain;” “shipper’s weight, load, and count;” improper handling
§ 12A:7-302 Through bills of lading and similar documents of title
§ 12A:7-303 Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
§ 12A:7-304 Tangible bills of lading in a set
§ 12A:7-305 Destination bills
§ 12A:7-306 Altered bills of lading
§ 12A:7-307 Lien of carrier
§ 12A:7-308 Enforcement of carrier’s lien
§ 12A:7-309 Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier’s liability
§ 12A:7-401 Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer
§ 12A:7-402 Duplicate document of title; overissue
§ 12A:7-403 Obligation of bailee to deliver; excuse
§ 12A:7-404 No liability For good-faith delivery pursuant to document of title
§ 12A:7-501 Form of negotiation and requirements of due negotiation
§ 12A:7-502 Rights acquired by due negotiation
§ 12A:7-503 Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases
§ 12A:7-504 Rights acquired in absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; stoppage of delivery
§ 12A:7-505 Indorser not guarantor for other parties
§ 12A:7-506 Delivery without indorsement: right to compel indorsement
§ 12A:7-507 Warranties on negotiation or delivery of document of title
§ 12A:7-508 Warranties of collecting bank as to documents of title
§ 12A:7-509 Adequate compliance with commercial contract
§ 12A:7-601 Lost, stolen, or destroyed documents of title
§ 12A:7-602 Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title
§ 12A:7-603 Conflicting claims; interpleader
§ 12A:7-701 Applicability
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 12A > Chapter 7 - Uniform Commercial Code - Documents of Title

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • Consignee: means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Delivery order: means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Ship: includes vessels, steamers, canal boats and every boat or structure adapted to navigation or movement from place to place, upon the ocean, lakes, rivers or artificial waterways, either by its own power or otherwise. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Shipper: means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102
  • 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.
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See New Jersey Statutes 12A:7-102