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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27D-141.3

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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
3. As used in this act:

“Advertising” means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.419 (C. 45:22A-23).

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Community Affairs.

“Developer” means any person who constructs or offers to construct a dwelling unit as part of a residential development.

“Dwelling unit” means a single-family residence constructed as part of a development, the roof of which is exclusive to that residence and not a common element or common area.

“Owner” means any person who acquires a legal or equitable interest in a dwelling unit.

“Prospective owner” means any person who contemplates acquiring a legal or equitable interest in a dwelling unit.

“Residential development” means development undertaken for the purpose of creating 25 or more dwelling units for owner occupancy.

“Solar energy system” means any system which uses solar energy to provide all or a portion of the heating, cooling, or general energy needs of a dwelling unit, including, but not limited to, nocturnal heat radiation, flat plate or focusing solar collectors, or photovoltaic solar cells.

L.2009, c.33, s.3.