Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:4-105

  • 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
The master or commander shall not, after the issuance of an order under the provisions of section 26:4-103 of this title, bring his vessel to any landing place within the jurisdiction of the local board, or land any person, baggage, merchandise or materials from the vessel at any place within that jurisdiction, until a permit has been granted by the local board as required in section 26:4-101 of this title.
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