Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:7-73

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. 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
The purpose of this act is to establish a uniform program for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by the Department of Transportation and by local governmental units utilizing funds of the Department of Transportation, State of New Jersey. This program shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Federal Highway Administration and the United States Department of Transportation relating to relocation assistance so as to fully qualify the New Jersey Department of Transportation for federal aid reimbursement under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, including the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, Pub.L. 100-17 (23 U.S.C. § 101 et al.), and any successor or supplementary federal law. This program shall be uniform as to (a) relocation payments, (b) advisory assistance, (c) assurance of availability of standard housing and (d) State reimbursement for local relocation payments under State assisted and local programs.

L. 1972, c. 47, s. 2; amended 1989,c.50,s.1.