Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 23 > Chapter 2 - Powers and Duties of Board; Annual Report

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Code: means the State Fish and Game Code. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Council: means the Fish and Game Council in the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• fish and game protector: means the Chief of the Bureau of Law Enforcement in the division. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
• Fishing: means the possession of an instrument used to take fish in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where fish may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
• Hunting: means the possession of an instrument used to take wildlife in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where wildlife may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
• month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
• Open season: means the date and time of year when wildlife may be captured, taken, killed, or had in possession. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
• 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.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Wildlife: means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1