Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:44-153

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
A lienor may, after service of the notice, as provided by section 2A:44-152 of this title, bring an action to recover the amount of the debt and to enforce his lien therefor against the person with whom the agreement was made for the purchase and erection of the monument or for the performance of labor thereon. The lienor may, if he recovers judgment, remove the monument from the cemetery and sell the same at public auction to satisfy the amount of such judgment.

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

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