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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:15-46

  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Every recognizance of bail shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, within 2 days after the approval of the bail, and the clerk shall thereupon deliver a bail piece to the bail. The clerk shall keep a properly indexed book for recording abstracts of recognizances of bail, which shall be accessible to all persons at all proper times. The abstract to be recorded in such book shall contain a statement of the name of the court, the names of plaintiff and defendant and the bail, the residence of the bail and the amount of the bail.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.