New Jersey Statutes 2A:49A-7. Claim assertion; opposition; set-off
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:49A-7
- Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
- 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
7. a. A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.
b. An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.
c. A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.
d. The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
L.1993,c.317,s.7.