New Jersey Statutes 3B:20-11.11. Construction of terms
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:20-11.11
- 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
- Trust instrument: means and includes a will, deed, agreement, court order or other instrument pursuant to which money or other property is entrusted to a fiduciary. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:20-1
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
11. The following terms or comparable language in a trust instrument, unless otherwise limited or modified by that instrument, shall be construed as authorizing any investment or strategy permitted under this act: “investments permissible by law for investment of trust funds,” “legal investment,” “authorized investments,” “using the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital,” “prudent man rule,” “prudent trustee rule,” “prudent person rule,” and “prudent investor rule.”
L.1997,c.26,s.11.