Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-50

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership (domestic or foreign), limited liability company or other limited liability entity, trust, estate, association, or corporation. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
42:2A-50. Power of personal representative of deceased or incapacitated person; representative or successor of corporation, trust, or other entity. If a partner who is an individual dies or a court of competent jurisdiction adjudges the partner to lack the mental capacity to manage the partner’s person or property, the partner’s executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or other legal representative may exercise all the partner’s rights for the purpose of settling the partner’s estate or administering the partner’s property, including any power the partner had to give an assignee the right to become a limited partner. If a partner is a corporation, trust, or other entity and is dissolved or terminated, the powers of that partner may be exercised by its legal representative or successor.

L.1983, c.489, s.49; amended 2013, c.103, s.112.