Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:19-21

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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
When it shall be necessary to repair or rebuild a bridge, culvert or viaduct the public authorities or person so repairing or rebuilding it shall not be liable for damages occasioned by obstructing or stopping navigation or traffic, if the repairs or rebuilding be prosecuted with all possible dispatch, and notice of such intended repairs or rebuilding which will result in obstructing or stopping navigation be given at least three days prior to commencing the work, by publishing notice thereof in some newspaper circulating in the county or counties adjacent to the bridge or viaduct.
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